2 Chronicles 20:8:42 Chr.20.8.W4TAB
בָּ֛הּ
bah
“in it”
- Transliteration
- BAH
- Extended
- BAA
- IPA
- /ˈbaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- in it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
BAH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiv-NU le-KHA BAH
- clause
va-yiv-NU le-KHA BAH mik-DASH le-shim-KHA le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-she-VU-VAH va-yiv-NU le-KHA BAH mik-DASH le-shim-KHA le-MOR
Exegesis
The verse unfolds through two sequential vav-consecutive actions: vayeshvu-bah {וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ־בָ֑הּ | va-yê-šəv-û-bāh} ‘and they dwelt in it’ followed by vayivnu {וַיִּבְנ֨וּ | va-yiv-nû} ‘and they built.’ In both verbs the prepositional suffix ba anchors the action to the location.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:8
And they dwelt in it and built for You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 20:8, so the Hebrew word בָּ֛הּ (bah) 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.20.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.8.W4.S1) and character.