בַּ/מָּב֗וֹא

𐤁/𐤌𐤁𐤅𐤀

bamavo

at the entrance

from בּוֹא; (with or without שֶׁמֶשׁ); an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards; by which came, as cometh, in coming, as men enter into, entering, entrance into, entry, where goeth, going down, [phrase] westward. Compare מוֹבָא.

H3996

2 Chronicles 23:13 · Word #7

Lexicon H3996

Lemmaמָבוֹא
Lemma (Paleo)𐤌𐤁𐤅𐤀
Transliterationmâbôwʼ
Strong'sH3996
In-contextat the entrance

Morphology HRd/Ncmsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H3996-01

at the entry-place

Rootבוא (b-w-ʾ)
Core Meaningsto come, to enter, to go in, to arrive
Semantic Rangeentrance, entryway, gateway, act of entering, point of access; by extension the "going in" of the sun (sunset) or the west as the place of the sun’s entering.
Conceptual Significanceמָבוֹא often marks thresholds—physical and symbolic—where movement from outside to inside occurs. It can denote access to sacred space (such as temple entrances) and, in reference to the sun’s "going in," reflects the Hebrew spatial worldview in which westward direction is conceived as the sun’s entry point.
Morphological NotesPreposition בְּ with assimilated definite article (בַּ־) + masculine singular noun מָבוֹא in the absolute state. No pronominal suffix; definite by the prefixed article.
Rendering RationaleThe noun מָבוֹא derives from the root בוא ("to come, enter") and denotes a place or act of entering. The prefixed בַּ־ is the preposition "at/in" with the definite article, and the form is masculine singular absolute (Ncmsa), hence "at the entry-place," preserving both the root sense of "coming/entering" and the singular definite noun form.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root בוא (to come, to enter, to go in, to arrive)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H935-01 aviakha I would cause-thee-to-come
H935-02 aviem I will cause them to come
H935-03 avienah I will cause her to come

Word Usage (23 occurrences of H3996)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Deuteronomy 11:30 מְב֣וֹא mevo toward the entrance
Joshua 1:4 מְב֣וֹא mevo going down
Joshua 23:4 מְב֥וֹא mevo toward the setting of