1 Kings 16:7:151 Kgs.16.7.W15TAB
בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
bemaase
“with the work”
- Transliteration
- be-ma-a-SE
- Extended
- beh-mah-ah-SEH
- IPA
- /bəmaʕăˈseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the work
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-ma-a-SE
- phraseyour reading level
be-ma-a-SE ya-DAV
- clause
ve-GAM be-YAD-ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI ha-na-VI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA el-ba-a-SHA ve-EL-BE-to ve-AL kol-ha-ra-A a-sher-a-SA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH le-hakh-i-SO be-ma-a-SE ya-DAV lih-YOT ke-VET ya-rav-AM
- sentence
ve-GAM be-YAD-ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI ha-na-VI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA el-ba-a-SHA ve-EL-BE-to ve-AL kol-ha-ra-A a-sher-a-SA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH le-hakh-i-SO be-ma-a-SE ya-DAV lih-YOT ke-VET ya-rav-AM ve-AL a-sher-hih-KA o-TO
Exegesis
The infinitive lehachiso {לְהַכְעִיסוֹ֙ | lə-hăk-ḥî-sô} with be-maaseh {בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה | bə-ma-‘ă-seh} and yadav {יָדָיו | yā-dā-vî} conveys purpose “to provoke Him by the deeds of his hands.”
Root and etymology
ע־שׂ־ה
“work, deed”
In context — 1 Kings 16:7
And also by the hand of Jehu son of Hanani the prophet, the word of the LORD came against Baasha and his house for all the evil that he had done in the eyes of the LORD in provoking Him with the work of his hands, in becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck it down.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:7:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Kings 16:7, so the Hebrew word בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה (bemaase) 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.16.7.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.7.W15.S1) and character.