1 Kings 16:29:91 Kgs.16.29.W9TAB
לְאָסָ֖א
leasa
“of Asa”
- Transliteration
- le-a-SA
- Extended
- leh-ah-SAA
- IPA
- /ləʔaːˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Asa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
ve-akh-AV ben-om-RI ma-LAKH al-yis-ra-EL bish-naT she-lo-SHIM u-she-mo-NE sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-akh-AV ben-om-RI ma-LAKH al-yis-ra-EL bish-naT she-lo-SHIM u-she-mo-NE sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yim-LOKH akh-AV ben-om-RI al-yis-ra-EL be-shom-ROn e-se-RIM u-she-ta-YIM sha-NA
Exegesis
The genitive chain le-Asa melekh Yehudah {לְאָסָא מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה | lə-’ā-sāʾ mə-leḵ y(e)-hu-dāh} synchronizes this with the Judean monarchy.
In context — 1 Kings 16:29
And Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 16:29, so the Hebrew word לְאָסָ֖א (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.16.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.29.W9.S1) and character.