1 Kings 14:17:81 Kgs.14.17.W8TAB
בָּאָ֥ה
baa
“was coming”
- Transliteration
- ba-A
- Extended
- baa-AA
- IPA
- /baːˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was coming
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-A
- phraseyour reading level
ba-A be-saf-ha-BA-yit
- clause
HI ba-A be-saf-ha-BA-yit ve-ha-NA-ar MET
- sentence
va-ta-KAM E-shet ya-ra-ve-AM va-te-LEKH va-ta-VO tir-tsa-TA HI ba-A be-saf-ha-BA-yit ve-ha-NA-ar MET
Exegesis
The independent pronoun hi {הִ֛יא | hîʾ} ‘she’ adds emphasis, and the perfect verb ba’ah {בָּאָ֥ה | bāʾāh} ‘came’ marks completed action.
Root and etymology
b-w-’bet–vav–aleph
“to come, enter”
In context — 1 Kings 14:17
Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and went to Tirzah . As she approached the threshold of the house, the boy died.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 14:17, so the Hebrew word בָּאָ֥ה (baa) 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 Kgs.14.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.17.W8.S1) and character.