2 Chronicles 18:20:122 Chr.18.20.W12TAB
בַּמָּֽה׃
bama
“by what”
- Transliteration
- ba-MA
- Extended
- bah-MAA
- IPA
- /bamˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by what
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-MA
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH e-LAV ba-MA
- sentence
va-ye-TS E ha-RU-akh va-ya-a-MOD lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER a-NI a-fat-TE-nu va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH e-LAV ba-MA
Exegesis
The spirit’s Hiphil imperfect afattennu {אֲפַתֶּ֑נּוּ | ʾă-pat-te-nû} ‘I will entice him’ conveys causative intent, and the interrogative bammah {בַּמָּֽה | ba-māh} ‘by what’ closes with a direct inquiry into method.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:20
And the spirit went out and stood before the LORD , and said, “I will entice him.” And the LORD said to him, “By what means?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 18:20, so the Hebrew word בַּמָּֽה׃ (bama) 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 2 Chr.18.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.20.W12.S1) and character.