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מוֹבָא

𐤌𐤅𐤁𐤀

môwbâʼ

H4126 noun

SILEX Entry

Root בוא to come, enter, arrive

Definition

Entrance, entryway, or place of coming in; the act or location of entering. In some contexts, denotes the act of arrival, arrival from a journey, or the physical area through which entry occurs (i.e., gate, doorway). May also refer to the point of ingress, whether literal (entrance of a city, house, or gate) or metaphorical (time or occasion of coming in).

Semantic Range

entrance, entryway, place of coming in, act of entering, arrival, point of ingress

Root / Etymology

Derived by metathesis from the root בוא (b-w-ʼ), 'to come, to enter.' The form מוֹבָא is a noun formation conveying the sense of 'place of entering' or 'entrance.' It occurs rarely, functioning as a variant of מָבוֹא (māvoʼ), which also means 'entrance' or 'place of entry.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

מוֹבָא appears infrequently in the Hebrew Bible, more often supplanted by the more common מָבוֹא. It is used primarily in contexts describing physical thresholds or entrances, but can also refer to the act of entering or the time of one's coming. For instance, it may refer to the entrance of a city or a particular gate, as well as the act of arriving or entering upon a scene. Over time and in later periods, the semantic distinction between מוֹבָא and מָבוֹא diminished, with both tending to be used in parallel ways. English translations typically render מוֹבָא as 'entrance,' 'entry,' or 'arrival,' which generally reflect the word's sense, though occasionally the connotation of the specific physical portal ('gateway,' 'entryway') is missed. The word does not develop any substantial metaphorical uses in the biblical corpus, and is distinct from terms that denote 'exit' (such as מוֹצָא). In post-biblical Hebrew, cognate forms continue to denote entrances or settings of arriving, with little change in the basic sense.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

by transp. for מָבוֹא; an entrance; coming.

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Root Family

בוא (b-w-ʾ) — to come, enter, arrive

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H1159 בָּעוּ they came
H1933 הָוָא he caused to come
H3051 יָהַב to bring in
H3996 מָבוֹא in the entrance
H3997 מְבוֹאָה entrances of

Word Forms

3 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H4126-01 מ֣וֹבָאֶ֔/ךָ movaekha HNcmpc/Sp2ms your coming in your entrances 1
H4126-03 וּ/מוֹבָאָ֣י/ו umovaayv HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms and-entrances-its and his entrances 1
H4126-02 מבוא/ך mvvkh HNcmsc/Sp2ms your coming in your entrance 1

Occurrences in Scripture

3 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H4126-02 2 Samuel 3:25 מבוא/ך mvvkh HNcmsc/Sp2ms your coming in your entrance
H4126-01 2 Samuel 3:25 מ֣וֹבָאֶ֔/ךָ movaekha HNcmpc/Sp2ms your coming in your entrances
H4126-03 Ezekiel 43:11 וּ/מוֹבָאָ֣י/ו umovaayv HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms and-entrances-its and his entrances
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