2 Kings 20:17:122 Kgs.20.17.W12TAB
בָּבֶ֑לָה
bavela
“to Babylon”
- Transliteration
- ba-VE-la
- Extended
- baa-VEH-laa
- IPA
- /baːvɛˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Babylon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-VE-la
- clause
hi-NE ya-MIM ba-IM ve-nis-SA kal-a-SHER be-VE-te-kha va-a-SHER a-tsRU a-VO-te-kha ad-ha-YOM ha-ZE ba-VE-la
- sentence
hi-NE ya-MIM ba-IM ve-nis-SA kal-a-SHER be-VE-te-kha va-a-SHER a-tsRU a-VO-te-kha ad-ha-YOM ha-ZE ba-VE-la lo-yi-va-TER da-VAR a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The directional he in bavelah {בָּבֶלָה | bā-ve-lā} signals movement toward Babylon.
Root and etymology
ב־ל־ל
“to confuse”
In context — 2 Kings 20:17
Look—days are coming when everything in your house and everything your fathers have stored up to this day will be taken away to Babylon. Nothing will be left behind, says the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 20:17, so the Hebrew word בָּבֶ֑לָה (bavela) 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.20.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.17.W12.S1) and character.