Numbers 27:21:14Num.27.21.W14TAB
יָבֹ֗אוּ
yavou
“they shall come in”
- Transliteration
- ya-vo-U
- Extended
- yah-voh-OO
- IPA
- /jaːvˈoː.uː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they shall come in
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ya-vo-U
- phraseyour reading level
ve-al-PIU ya-vo-U
- clause
al-PIU ye-tse-U ve-al-PIU ya-vo-U HU ve-KOL-be-NEI-yis-ra-EL it-TO ve-KOL-ha-e-DA
- sentence
ve-lif-NEI el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ya-a-MOD ve-sha-AL LO be-mish-PAT ha-u-RIM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH al-PIU ye-tse-U ve-al-PIU ya-vo-U HU ve-KOL-be-NEI-yis-ra-EL it-TO ve-KOL-ha-e-DA
Exegesis
The idiom ʿal-pî-w {עַל־פִּ֨יו | ʿal-pî-w} ‘at his mouth’ functions as an executive directive in the parallel verbs yē-ṣə-’ū wə-yā-ḇō-’ū {יֵצְא֜וּ וְיָבֹ֗אוּ | yē-ṣə-’ū wə-yā-ḇō-’ū} ‘they shall go out and they shall come in’.
In context — Numbers 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD ; at his command they shall go out, and at his command they shall come in—he and all the sons of Israel with him, and all the congregation .
About this coordinate
Numbers 27:21:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 27:21, so the Hebrew word יָבֹ֗אוּ (yavou) 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 Num.27.21.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.27.21.W14.S1) and character.