Proverbs 6:29:2Prov.6.29.W2TAB
הַ֭בָּא
haba
“the one going or coming”
- Transliteration
- ha-BA
- Extended
- hah-BAA
- IPA
- /habˈbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one going or coming
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-BA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-BA el-E-shet re-E-HU
- clause
KEN ha-BA el-E-shet re-E-HU
- sentence
KEN ha-BA el-E-shet re-E-HU LO yi-NA-ke KAL-ha-NO-ge-a BA
Exegesis
The participle haba {הַבָּא | hābbāʾ} ‘the one who enters’ conveys a euphemistic action.
Root and etymology
ב־ו־אb-w-ʾ
“to come, enter”
In context — Proverbs 6:29
So it is with the one who goes in to the wife of his neighbor; no one who touches her will be held innocent .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 6:29, so the Hebrew word הַ֭בָּא (haba) 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 Prov.6.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.29.W2.S1) and character.