1 Kings 16:1:51 Kgs.16.1.W5TAB
עַל־בַּעְשָׁ֖א
albashea
“against Baasha”
- Transliteration
- al-BA-she-a
- Extended
- ahl-BAH-sheh-ah
- IPA
- /ʕal.baʕˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Baasha
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-BA-she-a
- sentence
va-ye-HI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH el-ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI al-BA-she-a le-MOR
Exegesis
The preposition al-baʿšāʾ {עַל־בַּעְשָׁ֖א | ʿal-baʿšāʾ} carries an adversative sense (“against Baasha”) typical of judgment oracles.
Root and etymology
b-ʿ-šbet–ayin–shin
“to stink, be offensive”
In context — 1 Kings 16:1
Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 16:1, so the Hebrew word עַל־בַּעְשָׁ֖א (albashea) 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.16.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.1.W5.S1) and character.