2 Samuel 15:32:32 Sam.15.32.W3TAB

בָּ֣א

ba

came

Transliteration
BA
Extended
BAA
IPA
/baː/

Meaning by language

English
came

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    BA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    BA ad-ha-ROSH

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI da-VID BA ad-ha-ROSH a-sher-yish-ta-kha-VE SHAM le-e-lo-HIM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI da-VID BA ad-ha-ROSH a-sher-yish-ta-kha-VE SHAM le-e-lo-HIM ve-hin-NE lik-ra-TO KHU-shai ha-ar-KI ka-RU-a ku-tan-TO va-a-da-MA al-RO-sho

Exegesis

David’s motion is denoted by the Qal perfect bāʾ {בָּ֣א | bāʾ} “came.”

Root and etymology

b–w–ʾ

to come, enter

In context2 Samuel 15:32

And it happened that when David came to the summit where he would worship God , behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him, his tunic torn and dust upon his head.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 15:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 15:32, so the Hebrew word בָּ֣א (ba) 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 Sam.15.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.32.W3.S1) and character.