1 Kings 14:5:71 Kgs.14.5.W7TAB
בָּאָ֣ה
baa
“is coming”
- Transliteration
- ba-A
- Extended
- baa-AA
- IPA
- /baːˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is 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 lid-ROSH da-VAR me-im-ME-kha el-be-NA
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-a-khi-YA-hu hin-NE E-shet ya-rav-AM ba-A lid-ROSH da-VAR me-im-ME-kha el-be-NA ki-kho-LE HU ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE te-dab-BER e-LE-ha
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-a-khi-YA-hu hin-NE E-shet ya-rav-AM ba-A lid-ROSH da-VAR me-im-ME-kha el-be-NA ki-kho-LE HU ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE te-dab-BER e-LE-ha vi-ye-HI khe-vo-A ve-hi mit-na-ke-RA
Exegesis
The sequence baah lidrosh davar {בָּאָ֣ה לִדְרֹשׁ דָּבָ֨ר | bā’āh • liḏrôš • dāḇār} expresses purpose (‘coming to inquire a matter’) and is specified by meimmekha el-benah {מֵעִמְּךָ֤ אֶל־בְּנָהּ֙ | mē‘imməḵā • ʾel-bə-nāh} ‘from you toward her son.’
Root and etymology
b-w-’bet–vav–aleph
“to come, enter”
In context — 1 Kings 14:5
The LORD said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you about her son, for he is ill; thus and thus you shall say to her. And it shall be, when she comes in, that she will disguise herself.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 14:5, so the Hebrew word בָּאָ֣ה (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.14.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.5.W7.S1) and character.