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把
bǎ
HSK 3
to holdto graspto hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecatehandlebarclassifier: handful, bundle, bunch
- bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
- bàhandle
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Grammar note
把 moves the object in front of the verb to foreground what is done to it, and the verb must say what became of it. 把国归于耶西 — 'turned the kingdom over to Jesse'.
把 — the disposal construction — how often the Chinese Bible uses it
Characters
把
to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle
radical 扌components ⿰扌巴
Appears in 1688 verses
Genesis 1:4Genesis 1:17Genesis 2:8Genesis 2:21Genesis 3:12Genesis 3:24Genesis 4:8Genesis 4:23Genesis 6:13Genesis 7:4Genesis 7:16Genesis 7:17Genesis 8:9Genesis 8:10Genesis 9:13Genesis 11:3Genesis 12:7Genesis 12:19Genesis 13:17Genesis 14:11Genesis 14:12Genesis 14:15Genesis 14:20Genesis 14:21Genesis 15:11Genesis 19:5Genesis 19:16Genesis 19:25Genesis 20:2Genesis 20:7Genesis 20:14Genesis 21:10Genesis 21:14Genesis 21:15Genesis 21:18Genesis 21:27Genesis 21:28Genesis 21:29Genesis 22:2Genesis 22:6Genesis 22:9Genesis 23:9Genesis 23:13Genesis 23:16Genesis 23:19Genesis 24:20Genesis 24:33Genesis 24:41Genesis 24:43Genesis 24:47Genesis 24:57Genesis 25:6Genesis 25:9Genesis 25:30Genesis 25:31Genesis 25:33Genesis 26:10Genesis 26:11Genesis 27:7Genesis 27:13
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