Hosea 4:3:6Hos.4.3.W6TAB
בָּ֔הּ
bah
“in it”
- Transliteration
- BAH
- Extended
- BAA
- IPA
- /ˈbaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- in it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
BAH
- phraseyour reading level
kol-yo-SHEV BAH
- clause
al-KEHN te-e-VAL ha-A-rets ve-um-le-LAL kol-yo-SHEV BAH be-khai-YAT has-sa-DE u-ve-OF hash-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
al-KEHN te-e-VAL ha-A-rets ve-um-le-LAL kol-yo-SHEV BAH be-khai-YAT has-sa-DE u-ve-OF hash-sha-MA-yim ve-gam-de-GE hay-YAM ye-a-se-FU
Exegesis
The next clause coordinates with vav: ve-umlal {וְאֻמְלַל֙ | wə-ʾumlal} ‘is made feeble’ fronts the verb and places kol-yoshev bah {כָּל־יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בָּ֔הּ | kāl-yōšēḇ bāh} ‘every inhabitant in it’ afterward, a word order that emphasizes the collapse before naming those affected. Although wə-ʾumlal is formally a perfect, in prophetic discourse it can describe the coming outcome as certain, aligning in sense with the preceding imperfect.
In context — Hosea 4:3
Therefore the land will go into mourning, and every inhabitant in it will wither , together with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; even the fish of the sea will be gathered up.
About this coordinate
Hosea 4:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Hosea 4:3, so the Hebrew word בָּ֔הּ (bah) 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 Hos.4.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.4.3.W6.S1) and character.