בָּ֣אוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בָּ֣אוּ

   ba-U

   they came
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בָּ֣אוּ שָׁ֔מָּה

   ba-U SHA-ma

   they came there
3. clause🔊 וֽ͏ַיַּעֲל֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּ֣ל אֶת־הָאָרֶץ֒ בָּ֣אוּ שָׁ֔מָּה לָקְח֗וּ אֶת־הַפֶּ֙סֶל֙ וְאֶת־הָ֣אֵפ֔וֹד וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַמַּסֵּכָ֑ה

   va-ya-A-lu kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets ba-U SHA-ma la-KHU et-ha-PE-sel ve-et-ha-e-FOD ve-et-ha-te-ra-FIM ve-et-ha-mas-SE-kha

   and they went up five of the men the ones going to spy out {direct object} the land they came there they took {direct object} the carved image and {direct object} the ephod and {direct object} the household gods and {direct object} the metal image
4. sentence🔊 וֽ͏ַיַּעֲל֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּ֣ל אֶת־הָאָרֶץ֒ בָּ֣אוּ שָׁ֔מָּה לָקְח֗וּ אֶת־הַפֶּ֙סֶל֙ וְאֶת־הָ֣אֵפ֔וֹד וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַמַּסֵּכָ֑ה וְהַכֹּהֵ֗ן נִצָּב֙ פֶּ֣תַח הַשַּׁ֔עַר וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת הָאִ֔ישׁ הֶחָג֖וּר כְּלֵ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

   va-ya-A-lu kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets ba-U SHA-ma la-KHU et-ha-PE-sel ve-et-ha-e-FOD ve-et-ha-te-ra-FIM ve-et-ha-mas-SE-kha ve-ha-ko-HEN ni-TSAV PE-takh ha-SHA-ar ve-SHESH-me-OT ha-ISH he-kha-GUR ke-LE ha-mil-kha-MA

   and they went up five of the men the ones going to spy out {direct object} the land they came there they took {direct object} the carved image and {direct object} the ephod and {direct object} the household gods and {direct object} the metal image and the priest standing entrance of the gate and six hundred the man or the men the one girded implements of the war

Root and etymology

b-w-ʾ🔊 ב־ו־אbet–vav–aleph

“to come”

• 🔊 בֹּאbôcome!Genesis 7:1