1 Kings 16:4:21 Kgs.16.4.W2TAB
לְבַעְשָׁא֙
levasha
“belonging to Baasha”
- Transliteration
- le-va-SHA
- Extended
- leh-vah-SHAA
- IPA
- /ləvaʕˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- belonging to Baasha
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-va-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-MET le-va-SHA
- clause
ha-MET le-va-SHA ba-IR yo-khe-LU ha-ke-la-VIM
- sentence
ha-MET le-va-SHA ba-IR yo-khe-LU ha-ke-la-VIM ve-ha-MET LO ba-sa-DE yo-khe-LU OF ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The Hebrew construct chain hamet levaʿashah {הַמֵּ֤ת לְבַעְשָׁא֙ | ha-mēt lə-ḇa-ʿă-šāʾ} ‘the one belonging to Baasha who dies’ introduces a subject relative clause.
Root and etymology
b-ʿ-šbet–ayin–shin
“to stink, be offensive”
In context — 1 Kings 16:4
The one belonging to Baasha who dies in the city, dogs will eat; and the one belonging to him who dies in the field, birds of the sky will eat.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 16:4, so the Hebrew word לְבַעְשָׁא֙ (levasha) 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.16.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.4.W2.S1) and character.