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

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Result
בּוֹא֔ + וֹ
bo + o
boo

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    bo-O

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ET-YOM bo-O

  3. 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 contextMalachi 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.