Genesis 34:27:3Gen.34.27.W3PAT

בָּ֚אוּ

bau

came

Transliteration
ba-U
Extended
bah-OO
IPA
/baːˈʔuː/

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
এলো
Tagalog
dumating
Swahili
walikuja
Amharic
መጡ
Yoruba
Igbo
bịara
Twi
baa
Ewe
va

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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

    be-NEI ya-a-KOV ba-U al-ha-kha-la-LIM va-ya-VOZ-zu ha-IR

  3. sentence

    be-NEI ya-a-KOV ba-U al-ha-kha-la-LIM va-ya-VOZ-zu ha-IR a-SHER tim-me-U a-kho-TAM

In contextGenesis 34:27

sons of Jacob came upon the slain they plundered the city because they had defiled their sister

About this coordinate

Genesis 34:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 34:27, 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 Gen.34.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.27.W3.S1) and character.