1 Kings 16:13:31 Kgs.16.13.W3TAB
בַּעְשָׁ֔א
baasha
“Baasha”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-SHA
- Extended
- bah-ah-SHAA
- IPA
- /ba.ʕaˈʃaː/
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 | 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
ba-a-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
kol-kha-to-OT ba-a-SHA
- clause
EL kol-kha-to-OT ba-a-SHA ve-kha-to-OT e-LA ve-NO
- sentence
EL kol-kha-to-OT ba-a-SHA ve-kha-to-OT e-LA ve-NO a-SHER kha-te-U va-a-SHER he-khe-ti-U et-yis-ra-EL le-hak-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
Exegesis
A construct chain links chatto’ot to the proper names Baasha {בַּעְשָׁא | Ba-ʻa-šāʼ} ‘Baasha’ and Elah {אֵלָה | ʼê-lāh} ‘Elah’, marking possession.
Root and etymology
b-ʿ-šbet–ayin–shin
“to stink, be offensive”
In context — 1 Kings 16:13
Because of all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they committed and by which they caused Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD the God of Israel with their vanities .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 16:13, so the Hebrew word בַּעְשָׁ֔א (baasha) 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.16.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.13.W3.S1) and character.