Judges 19:16:4Judg.19.16.W4TAB
בָּ֣א
ba
“coming”
- Transliteration
- BA
- Extended
- BAA
- IPA
- /ˈbɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- coming
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BA
- phraseyour reading level
BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE
- clause
ve-hi-NE ISH za-KEN BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev ve-ha-ISH me-HAR e-fra-YIM ve-HU-GAR ba-giv-A
- sentence
ve-hi-NE ISH za-KEN BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev ve-ha-ISH me-HAR e-fra-YIM ve-HU-GAR ba-giv-A ve-an-SHE ha-ma-KOM be-NE ye-mi-NI
Exegesis
The noun phrase ish zaken {אִישׁ זָקֵן | ʾiš za-qēn} serves as the subject of the main verb ba {בָּא | bā} ‘came’.
In context — Judges 19:16
And behold, an old man came from his work in the field at evening. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was sojourning in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjaminites .
About this coordinate
Judges 19:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 19:16, so the Hebrew word בָּ֣א (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 Judg.19.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.16.W4.S1) and character.