2 Kings 16:6:132 Kgs.16.6.W13TAB

בָּ֣אוּ

bau

came

Transliteration
ba-U
Extended
baa-OO
IPA
/baːˈʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
came

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בָּ֣א + וּ
ba + u
bau

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-U

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-U e-LAT

  3. clause

    ve-a-ra-MIM va-a-do-MIM ba-U e-LAT va-ye-she-VU SHAM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE

  4. sentence

    ba-ET ha-HI he-SHIV re-TSIN ME-lekh-a-RAM et-E-laT la-a-RAM va-ye-na-SHEL et-ha-ye-hu-DIM me-e-LOT ve-a-ra-MIM va-a-do-MIM ba-U e-LAT va-ye-she-VU SHAM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE

Exegesis

The coordinated nouns we-aramim wa-edomim {וְאֲרָמִים וַאֲדוֹמִים֙ | wə-ʾărāmîm wa-ʾă-ḏō-mîm} in vav-consecutive perfect describe successive occupation, and baʾu vayeshevu {בָּ֣אוּ אֵילַ֔ת וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ | bā-ʾû ʾê-lāṯ way-ya-šə-ḇû} “they came to Eilat and dwelt” establishes settled residency.

In context2 Kings 16:6

At that time, Rezin, king of Aram, restored Eilat to Aram and expelled the Judeans from Eilat. Then the Arameans and the Edomites came to Eilat and dwelt there until this day.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 16:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 16:6, 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 Kgs.16.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.6.W13.S1) and character.