2 Kings 19:3:122 Kgs.19.3.W12TAB
בָ֤אוּ
vau
“have come”
- Transliteration
- va-U
- Extended
- vaa-UU
- IPA
- /vaːˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- have come
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
va-U
- phraseyour reading level
KI va-U va-NIM
- clause
KI va-U va-NIM ad-mash-BER ve-KHO-akh A-yin le-LE-da
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU e-LA-yv KO a-MAR khiz-ki-YA-hu yom-tsa-RA ve-to-khe-KHA u-ne-a-TSA ha-YOM ha-ZE KI va-U va-NIM ad-mash-BER ve-KHO-akh A-yin le-LE-da
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ introduces the ground for this assessment: bau banim ad-mashber {בָאוּ בָנִים עַד־מַשְׁבֵּר | bāʾû bānîm ʿad-mašbēr} portrays impending birth as a metaphor for reaching a decisive threshold.
In context — 2 Kings 19:3
And they said to him, “Thus said Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke , and contempt; for children have come up to the birthstool , but there is no strength to give birth.’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 19:3, so the Hebrew word בָ֤אוּ (vau) 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.19.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.3.W12.S1) and character.