1 Kings 20:34:121 Kgs.20.34.W12TAB
כַּאֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֤ם
kaashersam
“as”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-SHER-SAM
- Extended
- kah-ah-SHEHR-SAAM
- IPA
- /kaʔăˈʃɛrˈsaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- as
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-a-SHER-SAM
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER-SAM a-VI
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV he-a-RIM a-SHER-la-KHAKH-a-VI me-ET a-VI-kha a-SHIV ve-khu-TSOT ta-SIM le-KHA be-da-ME-sek ka-a-SHER-SAM a-VI be-sho-ME-ron va-a-NI ba-be-RIT a-shal-le-KHA
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV he-a-RIM a-SHER-la-KHAKH-a-VI me-ET a-VI-kha a-SHIV ve-khu-TSOT ta-SIM le-KHA be-da-ME-sek ka-a-SHER-SAM a-VI be-sho-ME-ron va-a-NI ba-be-RIT a-shal-le-KHA va-yikh-RAT-LO be-RIT va-ye-shal-le-KHE-hu
Exegesis
The comparative clause kaʾăšer-śām {כַּאֲשֶׁר־שָׂם | kaʾăšer-śām} ‘just as he put’ ties the promise to actions of Ben-Hadad’s father in Samaria (bᵉšōmərôn {בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן | bᵉšōmərôn}).
Root and etymology
שׂ־ר־ר
“prince, commander”
In context — 1 Kings 20:34
And Ben-Hadad said to him, “The cities that my father took from your father I will restore, and you shall establish marketplaces for yourself in Damascus just as my father did in Samaria.” Then Ahab said, “By the covenant I will send you away.” So he made a covenant with him and sent him away.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:34:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 20:34, so the Hebrew word כַּאֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֤ם (kaashersam) 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.20.34.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.34.W12.S1) and character.