2 Kings 15:19:12 Kgs.15.19.W1TAB
בָּ֣א
ba
“came”
- Transliteration
- BA
- Extended
- BAA
- IPA
- /baː/
Meaning by language
- English
- came
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BA
- phraseyour reading level
BA PUL ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- clause
BA PUL ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-ha-A-rets va-yit-TEN me-na-KHEM le-PUL E-lef kik-KAR-ka-SEF
- sentence
BA PUL ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-ha-A-rets va-yit-TEN me-na-KHEM le-PUL E-lef kik-KAR-ka-SEF lih-YOT ya-DAV it-TO le-ha-kha-ZIK ham-mam-la-KHA be-ya-DO
Exegesis
The verse opens with ba {בָּא | bāʼ} ‘he came’, establishing a VSO narrative that identifies Pul king-of-Assyria as the actor.
Root and etymology
ב־ו־אbet–waw–aleph
“to come, arrive”
In context — 2 Kings 15:19
Pul king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him, to support the kingdom in his hand.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 15:19, 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 Kgs.15.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.19.W1.S1) and character.