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title: בִּאָה — entrance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בִּאָה (872), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: entrance. BDB 1906: n.f. entrance, entry. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בִּאָה

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«בִּאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **entrance** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 872 · **BDB:** בִּאָה²

### Glosses

entrance (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

entrance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/872/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. entrance, entry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/872/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. entrance, entry, בַּבִּאָה Ez 8:5, i.e. of temple (but del. B Co).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בִּאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/872/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.8.5/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם שָׂא־נָ֥א עֵינֶ֖יךָ דֶּ֣רֶךְ צָפ֑וֹנָה וָאֶשָּׂ֤א עֵינַי֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ צָפ֔וֹנָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה מִצָּפוֹן֙ לְשַׁ֣עַר הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ סֵ֛מֶל הַקִּנְאָ֥ה הַזֶּ֖ה בַּבִּאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to me O.son of.humankind lift.up please eyes your \[the\].direction northward and I.lifted.up eyes my \[the\].direction northward and there! from.\[the\] north of the.gate of the.altar the.image of.(the) jealousy (the) this \[was\].in the entrance

*JPS 1917:* Then said He unto me: 'Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north.' So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

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