Hebrew

Verb

בָּא • ‎(ba) ‎(pa'al construction, future יָבוֹא)

1. To come.
2. (colloquial, constructed with ל־ ‎(l-)) Used in expressing a desire or impulse, or lack thereof.

   בא לך לטייל קצת?‎

   ba l'khá/lakh l'tayél ktzat?

   (literally) [Does it] come to you to tour a bit?
   (idiomatically) Do you feel like going for a walk?

   לא בא לי ללכת לים.‎

   lo ba li lalékhet la-yám.

   (literally) [It] doesn't come to me to to go to the sea.
   (idiomatically) I don't feel like going to the beach.

3. (only in imperative mood) To let us; used with the first-person-plural future-tense form of a verb to produce its cohortative.

   בוא נדבר על זה מחר.‎

   bo n'dabér al ze makhár.

   (literally) Come we'll talk about this tomorrow.
   (idiomatically) Let's talk about this tomorrow.

Derived terms

• בָּא בַּיָּמִים ‎(ba bayamím)
• בָּא לְ־ ‎(ba l-)
• בָּא עַל הֶחָתוּם ‎(ba al hechatúm)

Conjugation

Adjective

בָּא • ‎(ba) ‎(feminine בָּאָה, masculine plural בָּאִים, feminine plural בָּאוֹת)

1. Coming, next, upcoming.
   • (Can we date this quote?) “Bashana Haba'a” (Israeli folk-song):

     בשנה הבאה נשב על המרפסת ונספור ציפורים נודדות.‎

     bashaná haba'á neshév al hamirpéset v'nispór tziporím nod'dót.

     Next year we'll sit on the porch and count the migrating birds.

Antonyms

• קוֹדֵם ‎(kodém)

Anagrams

• אב