1 Kings 14:24:41 Kgs.14.24.W4TAB
עָשׂ֗וּ
asu
“they did”
- Transliteration
- a-SU
- Extended
- aa-SOO
- IPA
- /ʕaˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they did
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-SU
- clause
a-SU ke-KHOL ha-to-a-VOt ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-GAM-ka-DESH ha-YA va-A-rets a-SU ke-KHOL ha-to-a-VOt ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verb asu {עָשׂ֗וּ | ʿā-śû} ‘they did’ takes the prepositional phrase kekhol ha-toavot {כְּכֹל הַתּוֹעֲבֹ֣ת | kᵊ-kōl hattô-ʿā-ḇōṯ} ‘according to all the abominations’ as its object, emphasizing Israel’s imitation of foreign cultic practices.
In context — 1 Kings 14:24
And also there were male cult prostitutes in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 14:24, so the Hebrew word עָשׂ֗וּ (asu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.14.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.24.W4.S1) and character.