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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בָּעָהH1158
Pronunciationbāʿāh
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 Ita bulge1×Isaiah 30:13
sought out1×Obadiah 1:6
then inquire1×Isaiah 21:12
to boil1×Isaiah 64:2
you would inquire1×Isaiah 21:12
Show sample aligned rows
Isaiah 21:12תִּבְעָי֥וּןtoyou would inquireVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nunIsaiah 21:12בְּעָ֖יוּtothen inquireVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralIsaiah 30:13נִבְעֶ֖הtoa bulgeVerb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singularIsaiah 64:2תִּבְעֶה־toto boilVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularObadiah 1:6נִבְע֖וּtosought outVerb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowIsaiah 21:12
Aligned rows5
Books represented2
Isaiah4Obadiah1
Source forms
בְּעָ֖יוּ1xbə·‘ā·yūIsaiah 21:12
נִבְעֶ֖ה1xniḇ·‘ehIsaiah 30:13
נִבְע֖וּ1xniḇ·‘ūObadiah 1:6
תִּבְעֶה־1xtiḇ·‘eh-Isaiah 64:2
תִּבְעָי֥וּן1xtiḇ·‘ā·yūnIsaiah 21:12
Parsing patterns
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular1xIsaiah 30:13
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural1xObadiah 1:6
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural1xIsaiah 21:12
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun1xIsaiah 21:12
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular1xIsaiah 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 definitionSource: 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 groups2Aligned forms4
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense2×
Sequential imperfectIsa 21:121×
ImperfectIsa 64:11×
Niphalpassive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action2×
Participle activeIsa 30:131×
PerfectObad 1:61×
Word Origins
בָּעָה is a primitive root - no further derivation.