2 Kings 13:20:82 Kgs.13.20.W8TAB
בָּ֥א
ba
“coming of”
- Transliteration
- BA
- Extended
- BAA
- IPA
- /baː/
Meaning by language
- English
- coming of
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 sha-NA
- clause
u-ge-du-DE mo-AV ya-VO-u va-A-rets BA sha-NA
- sentence
va-ya-MAT e-li-SHA va-yik-be-RU-hu u-ge-du-DE mo-AV ya-VO-u va-A-rets BA sha-NA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase baarets {בָאָרֶץ | bā’āreṣ} ‘into the land’ marks the geographic target, followed by the temporal construct ba shanah {בָּא שָׁנָה | bā’ šānāh} ‘at the coming of the year’, denoting the annual campaign season. English renders the vav consecutives as conjunctions to preserve narrative flow and treats the imperfect as a repeated past to convey ongoing incursions.
In context — 2 Kings 13:20
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And bands of Moab entered the land at the coming of the year.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 13:20, so the Hebrew word בָּ֥א (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 Kgs.13.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.20.W8.S1) and character.