Genesis 15:12:3Gen.15.12.W3PAT

לָב֔וֹא

lavo

to set

Transliteration
la-VO
Extended
lah-VOH
IPA
/laː.ˈvoː/

Meaning by language

English
to set
French
pour se coucher
Spanish
para ponerse
Portuguese
para se pôr
German
unterzugehen
Russian
зайти
Arabic-Simplified
لِتَغْرُبَ
Hindi
डूबने को
Chinese-Simplified
要落下
Korean
지려고
Indonesian
untuk terbenam
Bengali
অস্ত যেতে
Tagalog
lulubog
Swahili
kuzama
Amharic
ልትጠልቅ
Yoruba
láti wọ̀
Igbo
ịda
Twi
kɔtɔ
Ewe
be ɖo

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Result
לָ + ב֔וֹא
la + vo
lavo

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
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

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-VO

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh la-VO ve-tar-de-MA naf-LA al-av-RAM

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh la-VO ve-tar-de-MA naf-LA al-av-RAM ve-hin-NE ei-MA kha-she-KHA ge-do-LA no-FE-let a-LAV

In contextGenesis 15:12

the sun it happened to set upon Abram fell and a deep sleep and behold terror great darkness falling upon him

About this coordinate

Genesis 15:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 15:12, so the Hebrew word לָב֔וֹא (lavo) 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 Gen.15.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.12.W3.S1) and character.