1 Kings 15:28:21 Kgs.15.28.W2TAB

בַעְשָׁ֔א

vasha

Baasha

Transliteration
va-SHA
Extended
vah-SHAA
IPA
/vaʕˈʃaː/

Meaning by language

English
Baasha

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בַ + עְשָׁ֔א
va + sha
vasha

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-SHA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-SHA

  3. clause

    va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-SHA bish-NAT sha-LOSH le-A-sa ME-lekh ye-hu-DA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-SHA bish-NAT sha-LOSH le-A-sa ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yim-LOKH takh-TAV

Exegesis

It proceeds with baasha {בַעְשָׁ֔א | ba-ʿā-shāʾ} ‘Baasha,’ the agent of the action.

In context1 Kings 15:28

Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa, king of Judah, and he reigned in his place .

About this coordinate

1 Kings 15:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 15:28, so the Hebrew word בַעְשָׁ֔א (vasha) 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.15.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.28.W2.S1) and character.