בָּֽהּ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בָּֽהּ׃

   BAH

   against it or in it
2. clause🔊 וַיַּ֗עַל וַיָּ֙צַר֙ עַל־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַיִלָּ֖חֶם בָּֽהּ׃

   va-ya-AL va-ya-TSAR al-SHO-mer-ON va-yil-la-KHEM BAH

   and he went up and he besieged against Samaria and he fought against it or in it
3. sentence🔊 וּבֶן־הֲדַ֣ד מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֗ם קָבַץ֙ אֶת־כָּל־חֵיל֔וֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וּשְׁנַ֥יִם מֶ֛לֶךְ אִתּ֖וֹ וְס֣וּ וָרָ֑כֶב וַיַּ֗עַל וַיָּ֙צַר֙ עַל־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַיִלָּ֖חֶם בָּֽהּ׃

   u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM ka-VATS et-KAL-KHEI-lo u-she-lo-SHIM u-she-NA-yim ME-lekh i-TO ve-SUS va-ra-KHEV va-ya-AL va-ya-TSAR al-SHO-mer-ON va-yil-la-KHEM BAH

   and Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and thirty and two kings with him and horse and chariot and he went up and he besieged against Samaria and he fought against it or in it

Exegesis

The sequence of vav-consecutive imperfect verbs—va-ya-al {וַיַּ֗עַל | va-yă-ʻăl} ‘he went up,’ va-yatzar {וַיָּ֙צַר֙ | va-yā-ṣar} ‘he besieged,’ and va-yilachem bāh {וַיִלָּ֖חֶם בָּֽהּ | va-yĭ-lā-ḥem bāh} ‘he fought in it’—creates a chronological progression of the military campaign.

Root and etymology

שׁ־ו־ב🔊 shin–vav–bethsh–w–b

“return, turn”

• 🔊 שׁוּבshuvto returnJeremiah 3:12