בָּא
bāʾ

Hebrew verb

Last edited: 2024-07-29
Primary meaning to set
Literal translation to come, enter
Variants
בָּא bāʾ
Edited by
to set astronomical event

וְזָרַ֥ח הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ וּבָ֣א הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ וְאֶ֨ל־מְקוֹמ֔וֹ שׁוֹאֵ֛ף זוֹרֵ֥חַֽ ה֖וּא שָֽׁם׃

Wəzāraḥ haššemeš ûb̲āʾ haššāmeš wəʾel-məqômô šôʾēp̲ zôrēaḥ hûʾ šām.

‘Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.’

— Ecclesiastes 1 5

Genre: religious text
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). בָּא (Lemma #2276). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2276/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). בָּא (Lemma #2276). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2276/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). בָּא (Lemma #2276). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2276/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) בָּא (Lemma #2276), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2276/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2276,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {בָּא ({Lemma} #2276)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2276/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2276/},
}