What does בָּעָה (bāʿāh) mean in the Bible?
בָּעָה (bāʿāh): Desire swelling into urgent request: physical overflow metaphor grounds the word's progression from emotion to petition.
Hebrew · H1158
בָּעָה
To gush over, i.e. to swell ; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask
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בָּעָה H1158
Pronunciation bāʿāh
What does בָּעָה (bāʿāh) mean in the Bible?
בָּעָה (bāʿāh): Desire swelling into urgent request: physical overflow metaphor grounds the word's progression from emotion to petition.
Full entry for בָּעָה (H1158) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1158?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a bulge (1), sought out (1), then inquire (1), to boil (1), you would inquire (1).
Where does בָּעָה (bāʿāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Isaiah 21:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (4), Obadiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a bulge 1× Isaiah 30:13
sought out 1× Obadiah 1:6
then inquire 1× Isaiah 21:12
to boil 1× Isaiah 64:2
you would inquire 1× Isaiah 21:12
Show sample aligned rows
Isaiah 21:12 תִּבְעָי֥וּן to you would inquire Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Isaiah 21:12 בְּעָ֖יוּ to then inquire Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Isaiah 30:13 נִבְעֶ֖ה to a bulge Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Isaiah 64:2 תִּבְעֶה־ to to boil Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Obadiah 1:6 נִבְע֖וּ to sought out Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Isaiah 21:12
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 2
Isaiah 4 Obadiah 1
Source forms
בְּעָ֖יוּ 1x bə·‘ā·yū Isaiah 21:12
נִבְעֶ֖ה 1x niḇ·‘eh Isaiah 30:13
נִבְע֖וּ 1x niḇ·‘ū Obadiah 1:6
תִּבְעֶה־ 1x tiḇ·‘eh- Isaiah 64:2
תִּבְעָי֥וּן 1x tiḇ·‘ā·yūn Isaiah 21:12
Parsing patterns
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular 1x Isaiah 30:13
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural 1x Obadiah 1:6
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural 1x Isaiah 21:12
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun 1x Isaiah 21:12
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular 1x Isaiah 64:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Desire swelling into urgent request: physical overflow metaphor grounds the word's progression from emotion to petition.
Source Gloss
to gush over, i.e. to swell ; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Desire swelling into urgent request: physical overflow metaphor grounds the word's progression from emotion to petition.
to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask BDB: inquire Usage: cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 4
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 2×
Sequential imperfect Isa 21:12 1×
Imperfect Isa 64:1 1×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 2×
Participle active Isa 30:13 1×
Perfect Obad 1:6 1×
Word Origins
בָּעָה is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain