יוּבָא מִדָּמָהּ אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד
To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood) · a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) · properly, an appointment , i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival ; conventionally a year ; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation ; by extension, the place of meeting ; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)
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בּוֹא H935 to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
דָּם H1818 blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
אֹהֶל H168 a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
מוֹעֵד H4150 properly, an appointment , i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival ; conventionally a year ; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation ; by extension, the place of meeting ; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)
What does יוּבָא מִדָּמָהּ אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד (yûḇāʾ middāmāh ʾel-ʾōhel môʿēḏ) mean in the Bible?
בּוֹא · דָּם · אֹהֶל · מוֹעֵד is a Hebrew word meaning "to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)".
Full entry for יוּבָא מִדָּמָהּ אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד (H935, H1818, H168, H4150) · Browse the biblical lexicon
Meaning
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 935×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 193×
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 15×
Hebrew Verb Forms
How this verb appears across 1143 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).
Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).
Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.