1 Kings 16:11:71 Kgs.16.11.W7TAB
בַּעְשָׁ֔א
basha
“Baasha”
- Transliteration
- ba-SHA
- Extended
- bah-SHAA
- IPA
- /baʕˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Baasha
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
ba-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
et-KOL-BET ba-SHA
- clause
va-ye-HI ve-mal-KHO ke-shiv-TO al-KIS-O hi-KA et-KOL-BET ba-SHA lo-hi-she-IR LO mash-TIN be-KIR
- sentence
va-ye-HI ve-mal-KHO ke-shiv-TO al-KIS-O hi-KA et-KOL-BET ba-SHA lo-hi-she-IR LO mash-TIN be-KIR ve-go-a-LAV ve-re-E-HU
Root and etymology
b-ʿ-šbet–ayin–shin
“to stink, be offensive”
In context — 1 Kings 16:11
And it happened, when he began to reign and sat upon his throne, that he struck down all the house of Baasha. He did not leave for him one who urinates against a wall nor any of his kinsmen or his friends .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 16:11, so the Hebrew word בַּעְשָׁ֔א (basha) 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.16.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.11.W7.S1) and character.