1 Chronicles 14:9:21 Chr.14.9.W2TAB
בָּ֑אוּ
bau
“came”
- Transliteration
- ba-U
- Extended
- baa-OO
- IPA
- /baːˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- came
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ba-U
- clause
u-fe-lish-TIM ba-U
- sentence
u-fe-lish-TIM ba-U va-yif-she-TU be-E-mek re-fa-IM
Exegesis
The perfect verb baʾû {בָּאוּ | bā-ʾû} conveys completed arrival, followed by the vav-consecutive in vayipšeṭû {וַיִּפְשְׁטוּ | va-yip-še-ṭû}, moving into the imperfect to indicate the subsequent raid.
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:9
And the Philistines came and raided in the Valley of Rephaim .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 14:9, so the Hebrew word בָּ֑אוּ (bau) 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 1 Chr.14.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.9.W2.S1) and character.