1 Kings 16:19:141 Kgs.16.19.W14TAB
עָשָׂ֔ה
asa
“he did”
- Transliteration
- a-SA
- Extended
- aa-SAA
- IPA
- /ʕɔːˈśaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he did
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-SA
- clause
la-le-KHET be-DE-rekh ya-ra-VA-am u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER a-SA le-ha-kha-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
al-kha-ta-TO kha-to-ta-VAV a-SHER kha-TA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH la-le-KHET be-DE-rekh ya-ra-VA-am u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER a-SA le-ha-kha-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The concluding segment uvechatato asher asah le’hachati et yisra’el {וּבְחַטָּאתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה לְהַחֲטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ū-ḇᵉ-ḥaṭ-ṭā-ʾō ʾă-šer ʿā-śāh lᵉ-ha-ḥa-ṭî ʾet yi-srā-ʾēl} ‘and in his sin which he did to cause Israel to sin’ uses a Hiphil infinitive construct to underscore causation and communal impact. The layered infinitive clauses and relative constructions build a cumulative portrayal of sin and its effect on the nation.
Root and etymology
ע־שׂ־ה
“work, deed”
In context — 1 Kings 16:19
Because of his sins which he sinned by doing evil in the eyes of the LORD , in walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to cause Israel to sin.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:19:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 16:19, so the Hebrew word עָשָׂ֔ה (asa) 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.16.19.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.19.W14.S1) and character.