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
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-ba-IM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM
- 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
- 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 context — Exodus 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.