Exodus 14:28:9Exod.14.28.W9TAB

הַבָּאִ֥ים

habaim

who were coming

Transliteration
ha-ba-IM
Extended
hah-bah-EEM
IPA
/ha.baˈʔiːm/

Meaning by language

English
who were coming

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + בָּ + אִ֥ים
ha + ba + im
habaim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ba-IM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM

  3. clause

    va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM le-KHOL KHEIL par-OH ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM ba-YAM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM le-KHOL KHEIL par-OH ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM ba-YAM lo-nish-AR ba-HEM ad-e-KHAD

Exegesis

The participle habba’im {הַבָּאִים | habbāʾîm} ‘those coming’, together with the prepositional phrases aḥarehem {אַחֲרֵיהֶם | ’ăḥărêhēm} and bayyām {בַּיָּם | bayyām} ‘after them in the sea’, specifies the context of pursuit.

Root and etymology

y-myod–mem

sea

In contextExodus 14:28

And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, the entire army of Pharaoh that pursued them into the sea, and not one remained among them.

About this coordinate

Exodus 14:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 14:28, so the Hebrew word הַבָּאִ֥ים (habaim) 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 Exod.14.28.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.28.W9.S1) and character.