1 Kings 16:6:21 Kgs.16.6.W2TAB
בַּעְשָׁא֙
basha
“Baasha”
- Transliteration
- ba-SHA
- Extended
- bah-SHAA
- IPA
- /baʕˈʃaː/
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
va-yish-KAV ba-SHA
- clause
va-yish-KAV ba-SHA im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-tir-TSA
- sentence
va-yish-KAV ba-SHA im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-tir-TSA va-yim-LOKH e-LA ve-NO takh-TAV
Root and etymology
b-ʿ-šbet–ayin–shin
“to stink, be offensive”
In context — 1 Kings 16:6
Then Baasha lay down with his fathers , was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah then reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 16:6, so the Hebrew word בַּעְשָׁא֙ (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.16.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.6.W2.S1) and character.