בָּ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בָּ֥א

   BA

   has come
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 באה בָּ֥א שִׁמְשָׁ֛הּ

   VA-e BA shim-SHAH

   comes or has come has come her sun
3. clause🔊 אֻמְלְלָ֞ה יֹלֶ֣דֶת הַשִּׁבְעָ֗ה נָפְחָ֥ה נַפְשָׁ֛הּ באה בָּ֥א שִׁמְשָׁ֛הּ בְּעֹ֥ד יוֹמָ֖ם בּ֣וֹשָׁה וְחָפֵ֑רָה

   um-le-LA yo-LE-det ha-shi-VA na-fe-KHA naf-SHAH VA-e BA shim-SHAH be-OD yo-MAM BO-SHA ve-kha-FE-ra

   has withered she who bears or gives birth the seven has breathed out her life or her soul comes or has come has come her sun while still daytime or by day she was ashamed and she was humiliated
4. sentence🔊 אֻמְלְלָ֞ה יֹלֶ֣דֶת הַשִּׁבְעָ֗ה נָפְחָ֥ה נַפְשָׁ֛הּ באה בָּ֥א שִׁמְשָׁ֛הּ בְּעֹ֥ד יוֹמָ֖ם בּ֣וֹשָׁה וְחָפֵ֑רָה וּשְׁאֵֽרִיתָ֗ם לַחֶ֧רֶב אֶתֵּ֛ן לִפְנֵ֥י אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

   um-le-LA yo-LE-det ha-shi-VA na-fe-KHA naf-SHAH VA-e BA shim-SHAH be-OD yo-MAM BO-SHA ve-kha-FE-ra u-she-E-ri-TAM la-KHE-rev e-TEN lif-NE o-ye-VE-hem ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH

   has withered she who bears or gives birth the seven has breathed out her life or her soul comes or has come has come her sun while still daytime or by day she was ashamed and she was humiliated and their remnant to the sword I will give before their enemies utterance of the LORD

Exegesis

In the clause ba’ah shimshah be’od yomam {בָּאָ֥ה שִׁמְשָׁ֛הּ בְּעֹ֥ד יוֹמָ֖ם | bā-’āh šim-šāh bə-ʿōḏ yō-mām} ‘her sun has gone down while it is still day’, a Qal perfect verb, a suffixed noun, and a temporal prepositional adjunct combine to convey an untimely catastrophe.

Root and etymology

ts-b-’🔊 צ־ב־אtsade–bet–aleph

“host, army”

• 🔊 צְבָאֽוֹתtzevaothostsGenesis 2:1