1 Kings 21:11:151 Kgs.21.11.W15TAB
בַּסְּפָרִ֔ים
bassefarim
“in the letters”
- Transliteration
- bas-se-fa-RIM
- Extended
- bahs-seh-faa-REEM
- IPA
- /bas.səfaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the letters
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
bas-se-fa-RIM
- clause
ka-a-SHER ka-TUV bas-se-fa-RIM a-SHER shal-KHA a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU an-she i-RO haz-ze-ke-NIM ve-ha-kho-RIM a-SHER hay-yo-she-VIM be-i-RO ka-a-SHER shal-KHA a-le-HEM i-za-VEL ka-a-SHER ka-TUV bas-se-fa-RIM a-SHER shal-KHA a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The comparative conjunction ka'asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-’ă-šer} introduces two parallel obedience clauses: first referencing shalcha aleihem {שָׁלְחָה אֲלֵיהֶם | šā-l-ḥâ ’ă-lê-hem} from Jezebel, and then katov bassefarim {כָּתוּב בַּסְּפָרִים | qā-tūb ba-sə-pā-rîm} affirming the written directive. English syntax is arranged into clear subject–predicate order while preserving Hebrew parallelism and emphatic structure.
Root and etymology
Roots-p-r
“writing, book, letter”
In context — 1 Kings 21:11
And the men of his city—the elders and the nobles—who dwelt in his city did as Jezebel had commanded them, just as it was written in the letters she had dispatched.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:11:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Kings 21:11, so the Hebrew word בַּסְּפָרִ֔ים (bassefarim) 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.21.11.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.11.W15.S1) and character.