Exodus 5:1:2Exod.5.1.W2PAT

בָּ֚אוּ

bau

came

Transliteration
BA-u
Extended
BAA-oo
IPA
/ˈbaː.ʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
came
French
vinrent
Spanish
vinieron
Portuguese
vieram
German
kamen
Russian
пришли
Arabic-Simplified
جَاءُوا
Hindi
आए
Chinese-Simplified
来了
Korean
왔다
Indonesian
datang
Bengali
এল
Tagalog
dumating
Swahili
walikuja
Amharic
መጡ
Yoruba
Igbo
bịara
Twi
baa
Ewe
va

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בָּ֚א + וּ
ba + u
bau

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    BA-u

  2. clause

    ve-a-KHAR BA-u mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON va-yom-RU el-par-O

  3. sentence

    ve-a-KHAR BA-u mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON va-yom-RU el-par-O ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL sha-LAKH et-am-MI ve-ya-KHOG-gu LI bam-mid-BAR

In contextExodus 5:1

and after came Moses and Aaron and they said to Pharaoh thus says LORD God of Israel let go my people and let them celebrate to me in the wilderness

About this coordinate

Exodus 5:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 5:1, so the Hebrew word בָּ֚אוּ (bau) 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 Exod.5.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.5.1.W2.S1) and character.