2 Chronicles 20:1:32 Chr.20.1.W3TAB
בָּ֣אוּ
bau
“they came”
- Transliteration
- ba-U
- Extended
- baa-OO
- IPA
- /baˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they came
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ba-U
- phraseyour reading level
ba-U be-NE-MO-av u-ve-NE a-MON
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN ba-U be-NE-MO-av u-ve-NE a-MON ve-i-MA-hem me-ha-a-mo-NIM al-ye-ho-sha-FAT la-mil-kha-MA
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:1
And it happened after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunites , came against Jehoshaphat for battle.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 20:1, so the Hebrew word בָּ֣אוּ (bau) 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.20.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.1.W3.S1) and character.