Ezekiel 17:3:15Ezek.17.3.W15TAB
בָּ֚א
ba
“came”
- Transliteration
- BA
- Extended
- BAA
- IPA
- /ˈbaː/
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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Word in context
- word
BA
- clause
BA el-hal-le-va-NON va-yik-KAKH et-tsam-ME-ret ha-A-rez
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ha-NE-sher ha-ga-DOL ge-DOL ha-ke-na-FA-yim E-rekh ha-E-ver ma-LE ha-no-TSA a-sher-LO ha-rik-MA BA el-hal-le-va-NON va-yik-KAKH et-tsam-ME-ret ha-A-rez
Exegesis
The perfect ba {בָּ֚א| bā} ‘came’ followed by the wayyiqtol vayikkakh {וַיִּקַּ֖ח| way-yiq-qāḥ} ‘and he took’ creates a vivid sequential action.
In context — Ezekiel 17:3
And you shall say: “Thus says the Lord GOD , the great eagle, great in wings, long in pinion, full of feathers that had the variegation , came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Ezekiel 17:3, so the Hebrew word בָּ֚א (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 Ezek.17.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.3.W15.S1) and character.