2 Kings 20:17:32 Kgs.20.17.W3TAB
בָּאִים֒
baim
“are coming”
- Transliteration
- ba-IM
- Extended
- baa-EEM
- IPA
- /baːˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- are coming
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-IM
- phraseyour reading level
ya-MIM ba-IM
- 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 biclausal predicate yamim baim {יָמִים בָּאִים | yā-mîm bā-ʾîm} ‘days are coming’ sets a future timeframe.
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 20:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 20:17, so the Hebrew word בָּאִים֒ (baim) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.17.W3.S1) and character.