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
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ba-U
- phraseyour reading level
ba-U e-LAT
- clause
ve-a-ra-MIM va-a-do-MIM ba-U e-LAT va-ye-she-VU SHAM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- 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 context — 2 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.