Malachi 3:2:4Mal.3.2.W4TAB
בּוֹא֔וֹ
boo
“his coming”
- Transliteration
- bo-O
- Extended
- boh-OH
- IPA
- /boːˈʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his coming
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bo-O
- phraseyour reading level
ET-YOM bo-O
- sentence
u-MI me-khal-KEL ET-YOM bo-O u-MI ha-O-MED be-he-ra-O-to ki-HU ke-ESH me-tsa-REF u-khe-VO-rit me-khab-BE-sim
Exegesis
The phrase et-yom bo’o {אֶת־יוֹם בּוֹאוֹ | ʾet-yôm bô-ʾô} serves as a direct-object temporal expression “the day of his coming.”
Root and etymology
b-w-ʾbet–waw–aleph
“to come”
In context — Malachi 3:2
But who can endure the day when He arrives, and who can stand firm at His appearing ? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like the soap used by launderers.
About this coordinate
Malachi 3:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Malachi 3:2, so the Hebrew word בּוֹא֔וֹ (boo) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Mal.3.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mal.3.2.W4.S1) and character.