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

Result
אָ + סָ֜א
a + sa
asa

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Samekhs as in sit
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    A-sa

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ham-ME-lekh A-sa

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.