1 Kings 19:2:121 Kgs.19.2.W12TAB
אָשִׂ֣ים
asim
“I will make”
- Transliteration
- a-SIM
- Extended
- aa-SEEM
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will make
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SIM et-naf-she-KHA
- clause
ko-ya-a-SUN e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-si-FUN ki-kha-ET ma-KHAR a-SIM et-naf-she-KHA ke-NE-fesh a-KHAD me-HEM
- sentence
va-tish-LAKH i-ze-VEL mal-EKH el-e-li-YA-hu le-MOR ko-ya-a-SUN e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-si-FUN ki-kha-ET ma-KHAR a-SIM et-naf-she-KHA ke-NE-fesh a-KHAD me-HEM
Exegesis
The temporal clause kî-kā-‘êt mā-ḥār ’ā-šîm {כִּֽי־כָעֵ֤ת מָחָר אָשִׂים | kî-kā-ʿêt mā-ḥār ʾā-šîm} establishes the deadline.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Shin
“fire, flame”
In context — 1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods do so to me, and may they add more, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 19:2, so the Hebrew word אָשִׂ֣ים (asim) 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.19.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.2.W12.S1) and character.