2 Samuel 17:24:22 Sam.17.24.W2TAB
בָּ֣א
ba
“came”
- Transliteration
- BA
- Extended
- BAA
- IPA
- /bɔˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- came
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BA
- phraseyour reading level
BA ma-kha-na-YI-ma
- clause
ve-da-VID BA ma-kha-na-YI-ma
- sentence
ve-da-VID BA ma-kha-na-YI-ma ve-av-sha-LOM a-VAR ET-ha-yar-DEN HU ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL i-MO
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative employs a vav-consecutive pattern with ve-david {וְדָוִד | wə-dā-wîḏ} and ba {בָּא | bāʾ} indicating sequential past action that introduces David’s arrival.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–waw–aleph
“to come, arrive”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:24
And David came to Mahanaim , and Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and every man of Israel with him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 17:24, 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.17.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.24.W2.S1) and character.