1 Kings 16:5:31 Kgs.16.5.W3TAB
בַעְשָׁ֛א
basha
“Baasha”
- Transliteration
- ba-sha
- Extended
- bah-shaa
- IPA
- /vaʕˈʃaː/
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 | 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
ba-sha
- phraseyour reading level
ve-YE-ter div-RE ba-sha
- clause
ve-YE-ter div-RE ba-sha va-a-SHER a-SA u-ge-vu-ra-TO
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE ba-sha va-a-SHER a-SA u-ge-vu-ra-TO ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The construct chain divrei Baasha {דִּבְרֵי בַעְשָׁא | dibré ba-ʿa-šá} ‘events of Baasha’ is expanded by vaʾasher ʿasah {וַאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה | va-ʾa-šér ʿā-sā} ‘what he did’, with uvegvurato {וּגְבוּרָת֑וֹ | u-gevurātō} ‘and his might’ functioning as a further descriptive addition.
Root and etymology
b-ʿ-šbet–ayin–shin
“to stink, be offensive”
In context — 1 Kings 16:5
As for the remaining events of Baasha’s reign—what he did and the might he displayed—are they not recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 16:5, so the Hebrew word בַעְשָׁ֛א (basha) 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.16.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.5.W3.S1) and character.