1 Kings 16:15:51 Kgs.16.15.W5TAB
לְאָסָא֙
leasa
“to Asa or of Asa”
- Transliteration
- le-a-SA
- Extended
- leh-aa-SAA
- IPA
- /lăʔaːˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Asa or of Asa
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
le-a-SA
- clause
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH zim-RI shiv-AT ya-MIM be-tir-TSA
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH zim-RI shiv-AT ya-MIM be-tir-TSA ve-ha-AM kho-NIM al-gib-be-TON a-SHER lap-pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-Asa melekh Yehudah {לְאַסָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה | lə-ʾāsāʾ mêleḵ Yəhūdāh} positions Asa’s kingship as the reference point.
In context — 1 Kings 16:15
In Asa’s twenty-seventh year as king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah, while the people were camped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 16:15, so the Hebrew word לְאָסָא֙ (leasa) 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.16.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.15.W5.S1) and character.