2 Chronicles 20:2:52 Chr.20.2.W5TAB
בָּ֣א
ba
“has come or is coming”
- Transliteration
- BA
- Extended
- BAA
- IPA
- /ˈbɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- has come or is coming
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
- phraseyour reading level
BA a-LE-kha
- clause
va-ya-VO-u va-ya-GI-du li-ye-ho-sha-FAT le-MOR BA a-LE-kha ha-MON RAV me-E-ver la-YAM me-a-RAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u va-ya-GI-du li-ye-ho-sha-FAT le-MOR BA a-LE-kha ha-MON RAV me-E-ver la-YAM me-a-RAM ve-hin-NAM be-kha-tsi-TSON ta-MAR HI EN ge-DI
Exegesis
The Qal perfect verb ba {בָּא | bā} ‘has come’ governs the prepositional phrase aleikha {עָלֶיךָ | ‘ā-le-khā} ‘upon you’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:2
And they came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude has come against you from beyond the sea, from Aram, and behold, they have reached Hazezon Tamar —that is, En Gedi.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 20:2, so the Hebrew word בָּ֣א (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 2 Chr.20.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.2.W5.S1) and character.