1 Samuel 13:10:71 Sam.13.10.W7TAB
בָּ֑א
ba
“came”
- Transliteration
- BA
- Extended
- BAA
- IPA
- /ˈbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- came
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
BA
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-khal-lo-TO le-ha-a-LOT ha-o-LA ve-hin-NE she-mu-EL BA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-khal-lo-TO le-ha-a-LOT ha-o-LA ve-hin-NE she-mu-EL BA va-ye-TSE sha-UL lik-ra-TO le-va-ra-KHO
Exegesis
The perfect ba {בָּא | bā} ‘he came’ is followed by the vav-consecutive imperfect vayetze {וַיֵּצֵא | way·yē·tse’} ‘and he went out’.
Root and etymology
ב־א־ש
“to be loathsome”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:10
And it happened, as he finished offering up the burnt offering, behold Samuel came, and Saul went out to meet him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 13:10, so the Hebrew word בָּ֑א (ba) 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 Sam.13.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.10.W7.S1) and character.