Genesis 19:8:21Gen.19.8.W21PAT

בָּ֖אוּ

bau

they came

Transliteration
ba-U
Extended
bah-OO
IPA
/baː.ˈʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
they came
French
ils sont venus
Spanish
vinieron
Portuguese
vieram
German
kamen
Russian
пришли
Arabic-Simplified
جاؤوا
Hindi
वे आए
Chinese-Simplified
他们来了
Korean
그들이 왔다
Indonesian
mereka datang
Bengali
তারা এসেছে
Tagalog
dumating sila
Swahili
wamekuja
Amharic
መጡ
Yoruba
won wa
Igbo
ha biara
Twi
wɔaba
Ewe
wova

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Result
בָּ֖א + 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. phraseyour reading level

    ki-al-KEN ba-U

  3. clause

    RAK la-a-na-SHIM ha-EL al-ta-a-SU da-VAR ki-al-KEN ba-U be-TSEL ko-ra-TI

  4. sentence

    hi-neh-NA LI she-TE va-NOT a-SHER lo-ya-de-U ISH o-tsi-a-NA e-te-HEN a-le-KHEM va-a-SU la-HEN ka-TOV be-e-ne-KHEM RAK la-a-na-SHIM ha-EL al-ta-a-SU da-VAR ki-al-KEN ba-U be-TSEL ko-ra-TI

In contextGenesis 19:8

behold please I have two daughters who have not known a man please let me bring out them to you do to them as good in your eyes only to the men these do not do anything for this reason they came under the shelter of my roof

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:8:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Genesis 19:8, so the Hebrew word בָּ֖אוּ (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 Gen.19.8.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.8.W21.S1) and character.