ma.vo denotes an access point into a place and, in solar and geographic phrases, the sun’s setting side.

The term most often identifies a physical point of access into a city, house, gate area, court, or chamber. It also occurs in phrases locating the setting of the sun or the direction associated with it, while Ezekiel 33:31 presents an approaching or coming-in relation.

1. Access point into a place · dominant

   In Judges 1:24, the construct-form noun occurs in the request to be shown the way into the city; the APB renders the clause, "Show us the entrance to the city." In Ezekiel 42:9 it identifies an eastward access point from the outer court, and in Ezekiel 46:19 it is the route through which the speaker is brought toward priests’ chambers.

   Judges 1:24Judges 1:251 Chronicles 9:19Ezekiel 42:9Ezekiel 46:19Jeremiah 38:14
2. Sunset-side location or extent · common

   In Psalm 50:1, the construct-form noun marks the far point opposite the sun’s rising; the APB renders the extent "from the rising of the sun to its entrance." Joshua 23:4 and Zechariah 8:7 likewise place a sea or land in relation to the sun’s entrance, while Psalm 104:19 connects it with the sun’s known course.

   Psalm 50:1Psalm 104:19Joshua 23:4Zechariah 8:7Malachi 1:11Deuteronomy 11:30
3. Coming or approaching · rare

   In Ezekiel 33:31, the construct-form noun stands in a comparison about people coming and sitting before the speaker; the APB renders, "They come to you as people come." The precise English contribution of the noun is not separately marked by the translation.

   Ezekiel 33:31

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with "entrance" in clauses about cities, buildings, and courts, but uses "entrance" also for the sun’s course and related directional expressions. Wording such as "setting" or "come" does not by itself isolate the noun’s contribution.