"בא" meaning in Hebrew

See בא in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-בא.wav Forms: בָּא [canonical], ba [romanization], בָּאָה [feminine], בָּאִים [masculine, plural], בָּאוֹת [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Root ב־ו־א (b-w-ʾ) Compare Phoenician 𐤁𐤀 (bʾ), Arabic بَاءَ (bāʔa, “to return, come back”), Ge'ez ቦአ (boʾä, “to enter”). Etymology templates: {{HE root|בוא}} Root ב־ו־א (b-w-ʾ), {{cog|phn|𐤁𐤀}} Phoenician 𐤁𐤀 (bʾ), {{cog|ar|بَاءَ|t=to return, come back}} Arabic بَاءَ (bāʔa, “to return, come back”), {{cog|gez|ቦአ|t=to enter}} Ge'ez ቦአ (boʾä, “to enter”) Head templates: {{he-adj|f=באה|fp=באות|fpwv=בָּאוֹת|fwv=בָּאָה|mp=באים|mpwv=בָּאִים|tr=ba|wv=בָּא}} בָּא • (ba) (feminine בָּאָה, masculine plural בָּאִים, feminine plural בָּאוֹת)
  1. Coming, next, upcoming. Derived forms: הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא (ha'olám habá)
    Sense id: en-בא-he-adj-mn9joWZ3 Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־א Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־א: 17 24 15 23 21

Verb

Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-בא.wav
Etymology: Root ב־ו־א (b-w-ʾ) Compare Phoenician 𐤁𐤀 (bʾ), Arabic بَاءَ (bāʔa, “to return, come back”), Ge'ez ቦአ (boʾä, “to enter”). Etymology templates: {{HE root|בוא}} Root ב־ו־א (b-w-ʾ), {{cog|phn|𐤁𐤀}} Phoenician 𐤁𐤀 (bʾ), {{cog|ar|بَاءَ|t=to return, come back}} Arabic بَاءَ (bāʔa, “to return, come back”), {{cog|gez|ቦአ|t=to enter}} Ge'ez ቦአ (boʾä, “to enter”) Head templates: {{he-verb|pa|fut=יָבוֹא|sort=בוא|tr=ba|wv=בָּא|ל=א|ע=ו}} בָּא • (ba) (pa'al construction, future יָבוֹא) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pa|בוא|fut_char=O}} Forms: בָּא [canonical], ba [romanization], יָבוֹא [future], no-table-tags [table-tags], בָּאתִי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], בָּאנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], בָּאתָ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], בָּאת [feminine, past, second-person, singular], בָּאתֶם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], בָּאתֶן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], בָּא [masculine, past, singular, third-person], בָּאָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], בָּאוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], בָּא [masculine, present, singular], בָּאָה [feminine, present, singular], בָּאִים [masculine, plural, present], בָּאוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אָבוֹא [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נָבוֹא [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תָּבוֹא [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תָּבוֹאִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תָּבוֹאוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תבואנה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], תָּבֹאנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יָבוֹא [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תָּבוֹא [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יָבוֹאוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תבואנה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], תָּבֹאנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], בּוֹא [imperative, masculine, singular], בּוֹאִי [feminine, imperative, singular], בּוֹאוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], בואנה [feminine, imperative, plural], בֹּאנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. To come. Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-בא-he-verb-TtJvuTO9 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־א, Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 4 61 4 7 24 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 5 55 6 8 26 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 5 55 6 8 26 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 5 55 6 8 26 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־א: 17 24 15 23 21 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 55 7 8 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 42 5 10 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 64 2 8 22
  2. (colloquial, constructed with ל־ (l-)) Used in expressing a desire or impulse, or lack thereof. Tags: colloquial, construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-בא-he-verb-0EYQ3AU2 Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־א Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־א: 17 24 15 23 21
  3. (only in imperative mood) let us/let's; used with the first-person-plural future-tense form of a verb to produce its cohortative. Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-בא-he-verb-iTK3M8bs Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־א, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־א: 17 24 15 23 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 42 5 10 37
  4. To enter, to go in. Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-בא-he-verb-mljOklNL Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־א, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־א: 17 24 15 23 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 42 5 10 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: בָּא בַּיָּמִים (ba bayamím), בּוֹא הֵנָּה (bó héna), בָּא לְ־ (ba l-), בָּא עַל הֶחָתוּם (ba al hechatúm), בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá), הֶמְשֵׁךְ יָבוֹא (hemshékh yavó)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ba bayamím",
      "word": "בָּא בַּיָּמִים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bó héna",
      "word": "בּוֹא הֵנָּה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ba l-",
      "word": "בָּא לְ־"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ba al hechatúm",
      "word": "בָּא עַל הֶחָתוּם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "barúkh habá",
      "word": "בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hemshékh yavó",
      "word": "הֶמְשֵׁךְ יָבוֹא"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "בוא"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n ב־ו־א (b-w-ʾ)",
      "name": "HE root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "𐤁𐤀"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician 𐤁𐤀 (bʾ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بَاءَ",
        "t": "to return, come back"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَاءَ (bāʔa, “to return, come back”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ቦአ",
        "t": "to enter"
      },
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "בָּא",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ba",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יָבוֹא",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "he-conj",
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        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "בָּאתִי",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּאנוּ",
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        "feminine",
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּאת",
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        "feminine",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "בָּאתֶם",
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        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּאתֶן",
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּא",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "בָּאָה",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּאוּ",
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        "masculine",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּאָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּאִים",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּאוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָבוֹא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָבוֹא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּבוֹא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּבוֹאִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּבוֹאוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תבואנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּבֹאנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יָבוֹא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּבוֹא",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יָבוֹאוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תבואנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּבֹאנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בּוֹא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בּוֹאִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בּוֹאוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בואנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֹּאנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "fut": "יָבוֹא",
        "sort": "בוא",
        "tr": "ba",
        "wv": "בָּא",
        "ל": "א",
        "ע": "ו"
      },
      "expansion": "בָּא • (ba) (pa'al construction, future יָבוֹא)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "בוא",
        "fut_char": "O"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 61 4 7 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 55 6 8 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 55 6 8 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 55 6 8 26",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 24 15 23 21",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 55 7 8 25",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 42 5 10 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "3 64 2 8 22",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come."
      ],
      "id": "en-בא-he-verb-TtJvuTO9",
      "links": [
        [
          "come",
          "come"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 24 15 23 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־א",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "בא לך לטייל קצת?\nba l'khá/lakh l'tayél ktzat?\n(literally) [Does it] come to you to tour a bit?\n(idiomatically) Do you feel like going for a walk?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "לא בא לי ללכת לים.\nlo ba li lalékhet la-yám.\n(literally) [It] doesn't come to me to go to the sea.\n(idiomatically) I don't feel like going to the beach.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in expressing a desire or impulse, or lack thereof."
      ],
      "id": "en-בא-he-verb-0EYQ3AU2",
      "links": [
        [
          "ל־",
          "ל־#Hebrew"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, constructed with ל־ (l-)) Used in expressing a desire or impulse, or lack thereof."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 24 15 23 21",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 42 5 10 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "בוא נדבר על זה מחר.\nbo n'dabér al ze makhár.\n(literally) Come we'll talk about this tomorrow.\n(idiomatically) Let's talk about this tomorrow.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "let us/let's; used with the first-person-plural future-tense form of a verb to produce its cohortative."
      ],
      "id": "en-בא-he-verb-iTK3M8bs",
      "links": [
        [
          "let us",
          "let us#English"
        ],
        [
          "let's",
          "let's#English"
        ],
        [
          "cohortative",
          "cohortative"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "only in imperative mood",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(only in imperative mood) let us/let's; used with the first-person-plural future-tense form of a verb to produce its cohortative."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 24 15 23 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ו־א",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 42 5 10 37",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0106#ו_ד|6:4]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "han'filím hayú va'árets bayamím hahém v'gám 'akharei-khén 'ashér yavó'u b'néi ha'elohím 'el-b'nót ha'adám v'yal'dú lahém héma hagiborím 'ashér me'olám 'anshéi hashém.\nhannəp̄īlīm hāyū ḇāʾā́reṣ bayyāmīm hāhēm wəḡam ʾaḥărē-ḵēn ʾăšer yāḇṓʾū bənē hāʾĕlōhīm ʾel-bənōṯ hāʾāḏām wəyāləḏū lāhem hḗmmā haggibbōrīm ʾăšer mēʿōlām ʾanəšē haššēm.",
          "text": "הַנְּפִלִים הָיוּ בָאָרֶץ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְגַם אַחֲרֵי־כֵן אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ בְּנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים אֶל־בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם וְיָלְדוּ לָהֶם הֵמָּה הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֹלָם אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּׁם׃",
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        "To enter, to go in."
      ],
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        ]
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        "construction-pa'al"
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      "roman": "kodém",
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "בוא"
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        {
          "roman": "ha'olám habá",
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        {
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      "roman": "ba bayamím",
      "word": "בָּא בַּיָּמִים"
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      "roman": "bó héna",
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      "roman": "ba l-",
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      "roman": "ba al hechatúm",
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      "roman": "barúkh habá",
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      "roman": "hemshékh yavó",
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        "singular"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "second-person"
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "second-person",
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        "second-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "To come."
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          "text": "לא בא לי ללכת לים.\nlo ba li lalékhet la-yám.\n(literally) [It] doesn't come to me to go to the sea.\n(idiomatically) I don't feel like going to the beach.",
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          "ל־",
          "ל־#Hebrew"
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          "text": "בוא נדבר על זה מחר.\nbo n'dabér al ze makhár.\n(literally) Come we'll talk about this tomorrow.\n(idiomatically) Let's talk about this tomorrow.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0106#ו_ד|6:4]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "han'filím hayú va'árets bayamím hahém v'gám 'akharei-khén 'ashér yavó'u b'néi ha'elohím 'el-b'nót ha'adám v'yal'dú lahém héma hagiborím 'ashér me'olám 'anshéi hashém.\nhannəp̄īlīm hāyū ḇāʾā́reṣ bayyāmīm hāhēm wəḡam ʾaḥărē-ḵēn ʾăšer yāḇṓʾū bənē hāʾĕlōhīm ʾel-bənōṯ hāʾāḏām wəyāləḏū lāhem hḗmmā haggibbōrīm ʾăšer mēʿōlām ʾanəšē haššēm.",
          "text": "הַנְּפִלִים הָיוּ בָאָרֶץ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְגַם אַחֲרֵי־כֵן אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ בְּנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים אֶל־בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם וְיָלְדוּ לָהֶם הֵמָּה הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֹלָם אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּׁם׃",
          "type": "quote"
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      "glosses": [
        "To enter, to go in."
      ],
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        [
          "enter",
          "enter"
        ]
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        "construction-pa'al"
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    "Hebrew ע״ו pa'al verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ha'olám habá",
      "word": "הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "בוא"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n ב־ו־א (b-w-ʾ)",
      "name": "HE root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "𐤁𐤀"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician 𐤁𐤀 (bʾ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بَاءَ",
        "t": "to return, come back"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَاءَ (bāʔa, “to return, come back”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ቦአ",
        "t": "to enter"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ቦአ (boʾä, “to enter”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n ב־ו־א (b-w-ʾ)\nCompare Phoenician 𐤁𐤀 (bʾ), Arabic بَاءَ (bāʔa, “to return, come back”), Ge'ez ቦአ (boʾä, “to enter”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "בָּא",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ba",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּאָה",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּאִים",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּאוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "באה",
        "fp": "באות",
        "fpwv": "בָּאוֹת",
        "fwv": "בָּאָה",
        "mp": "באים",
        "mpwv": "בָּאִים",
        "tr": "ba",
        "wv": "בָּא"
      },
      "expansion": "בָּא • (ba) (feminine בָּאָה, masculine plural בָּאִים, feminine plural בָּאוֹת)",
      "name": "he-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "“Bashana Haba'a” (Ehud Manor, 1970):\nבשנה הבאה נשב על המרפסת ונספור ציפורים נודדות.\nbashaná haba'á neshév al hamirpéset v'nispór tziporím nod'dót.\nNext year we'll sit on the porch and count the migrating birds.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Coming, next, upcoming."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Coming",
          "coming"
        ],
        [
          "next",
          "next"
        ],
        [
          "upcoming",
          "upcoming"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-בא.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%91%D7%90.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%91%D7%90.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%91%D7%90.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%91%D7%90.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "בא"
}

Download raw JSONL data for בא meaning in Hebrew (11.4kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: colloquial, constructed with ל־ (l-)",
  "path": [
    "בא"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "בא",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: colloquial, constructed with ל־ (l-)",
  "path": [
    "בא"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "בא",
  "trace": ""
}

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