1 Kings 16:12:51 Kgs.16.12.W5TAB
בַּעְשָׁ֑א
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
kol-BET ba-sha
- clause
va-yash-MED zim-RI ET kol-BET ba-sha
- sentence
va-yash-MED zim-RI ET kol-BET ba-sha kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER dib-BER el-ba-sha be-YAD ye-HU ha-na-VI
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֵת | ʾet} marks kol beit Baashah {כָּל־בֵּית בַּעְשָׁא | kol beyt Baʿashah} ‘all the house of Baasha’, emphasizing totality.
Root and etymology
b-ʿ-šbet–ayin–shin
“to stink, be offensive”
In context — 1 Kings 16:12
So Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, in keeping with the word of the LORD that He had spoken to Baasha through Jehu the prophet .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 16:12, so the Hebrew word בַּעְשָׁ֑א (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.16.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.12.W5.S1) and character.