בָּ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בָּ֥א

   BA

   he came
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בָּ֥א בָ֖הּ

   BA VAH

   he came by it
3. clause🔊 וְלֹֽא־שָׁ֣ב בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֛ר בָּ֥א בָ֖הּ אֶל־בֵּֽית־אֵֽל׃

   veh-LOH-SHAV ba-DE-rekh a-SHER BA VAH eL-BEIT-EL

   and he did not return by the way that he came by it to Bethel
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אַחֵ֑ר וְלֹֽא־שָׁ֣ב בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֛ר בָּ֥א בָ֖הּ אֶל־בֵּֽית־אֵֽל׃

   va-YEH-lekh be-DE-rekh a-KHER veh-LOH-SHAV ba-DE-rekh a-SHER BA VAH eL-BEIT-EL

   and he went another by a way and he did not return by the way that he came by it to Bethel

Exegesis

The negative construction ve-lo-šāḇ {וְלֹֽא־שָׁ֣ב | ve-lo-šāḇ} ‘and he did not return’ emphasizes the refusal to reverse direction, followed by the specifying relative clause ba-dereḵ ašer ba-h {בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֛ר בָּ֥א בָ֖הּ | ba-de-reḵ a-šer ba ba-h} ‘by the way which he came in it.’