Zechariah 14:16:4Zech.14.16.W4TAB
הַבָּאִ֖ים
habaim
“the ones coming”
- Transliteration
- ha-ba-IM
- Extended
- hah-baa-EEM
- IPA
- /hab.bɔːˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ones 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ba-IM
- clause
ve-ha-YA kol-ha-no-TAR mi-kol-ha-go-YIM ha-ba-IM al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
ve-ha-YA kol-ha-no-TAR mi-kol-ha-go-YIM ha-ba-IM al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-a-LU mi-DE sha-NA ve-sha-NA le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-la-KHOG et-KHAG ha-su-KOT
Exegesis
The expression kol hanotar mikol hagoyim habaim {כָּל־הַנּוֹתָר מִכָּל־הַגּוֹיִם הַבָּאִים | kol han-nō-tār mi-kol hag-gō-yim ha-bā-’im} functions as the subject, where participles convey ‘everyone who remains’ and ‘who come’.
In context — Zechariah 14:16
And it will be that everyone who remains from all the nations that come against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to bow down before the King, the LORD of hosts , and to keep the feast of booths .
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Zechariah 14:16, so the Hebrew word הַבָּאִ֖ים (habaim) 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 Zech.14.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.16.W4.S1) and character.