1 Kings 21:22:71 Kgs.21.22.W7TAB
בַּעְשָׁ֣א
basha
“Baasha”
- Transliteration
- ba-SHA
- Extended
- bah-SHAA
- IPA
- /baʕˈʃɑː/
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
ba-SHA ven-a-KHI-ya
- clause
ve-na-TAT-ti et-BET-kha ke-VET ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT u-khe-VET ba-SHA ven-a-KHI-ya
- sentence
ve-na-TAT-ti et-BET-kha ke-VET ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT u-khe-VET ba-SHA ven-a-KHI-ya el-ha-KA-as a-SHER hi-KHAs-ta va-ta-kha-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The parallel similes kebeit yarov‘am {כְּבֵית יָרָבְעָם | kə-ḇêṯ yā-rā-ḇa-ʾăm} and ukebeit ba‘sha {וּכְבֵית בַּעְשָׁא | ū-kə-ḇêṯ ba-ʿǎ-šāʾ} use construct-state chains to compare dynasties.
In context — 1 Kings 21:22
And I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, because of the anger that you provoked and because you caused Israel to sin.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 21:22, so the Hebrew word בַּעְשָׁ֣א (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.21.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.22.W7.S1) and character.