Genesis 19:5:7Gen.19.5.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אוּ
asherbau
“who came”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-BA-u
- Extended
- ah-shehr-BAA-oo
- IPA
- /ʔa.ʃer.ˈbaː.ʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who came
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-sher-BA-u
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-BA-u e-LEI-kha
- clause
va-yik-re-U el-LOT va-yo-me-RU LO ai-YE ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-BA-u e-LEI-kha ha-LAI-la
- sentence
va-yik-re-U el-LOT va-yo-me-RU LO ai-YE ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-BA-u e-LEI-kha ha-LAI-la ho-tsi-EM e-LEI-nu ve-ne-de-AH o-TAM
Exegesis
The interrogative ayeh {אַיֵּה | ʾayyēh} ‘where’ precedes its noun phrase subject ha-anashim {הָאֲנָשִׁים | hāʾănāšîm} ‘the men’, which is further defined by the relative clause asher-bau {אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ | ʾăšer-bāʾû} ‘who came’.
Root and etymology
bet–vav–alephbet–vav–aleph
“to come”
In context — Genesis 19:5
They called to Lot and asked, “Where are the men who came to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 19:5, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אוּ (asherbau) 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 Gen.19.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.5.W7.S1) and character.