1 Kings 15:22:21 Kgs.15.22.W2TAB
אָסָ֜א
asa
“Asa”
- Transliteration
- A-sa
- Extended
- AA-sah
- IPA
- /ˈʔaːsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Asa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
A-sa
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ham-ME-lekh A-sa
- clause
ve-ham-ME-lekh A-sa hish-mi-A et-KOL-ye-hu-DA EN na-KI va-yis-E-u et-av-NE ha-ra-MA ve-et-e-TSE-ha a-SHER ba-NA ba-SHA
- sentence
ve-ham-ME-lekh A-sa hish-mi-A et-KOL-ye-hu-DA EN na-KI va-yis-E-u et-av-NE ha-ra-MA ve-et-e-TSE-ha a-SHER ba-NA ba-SHA va-yi-VEN BAM ham-ME-lekh A-sa et-GE-va bin-ya-MIN ve-et-ham-mits-PA
Exegesis
The clause opens with a fronted subject, ve-hamelekh Asa {וְהַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָסָ֜א | wə-ham-meleḵ ʾā-sāʾ}, establishing royal agency before the causative verb hishmia {הִשְׁמִ֤יעַ | hiš-mîaʿ} ‘he caused to hear’, a Hiphil perfect that presents the act as a completed official announcement.
In context — 1 Kings 15:22
King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah—no one was exempt—and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timbers, with which Baasha had built; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 15:22, so the Hebrew word אָסָ֜א (asa) 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.15.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.22.W2.S1) and character.