אָסָ֔א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אָסָ֔א

   a-SA

   Asa
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְמַלְכ֣וּת אָסָ֔א

   le-mal-KHUT a-SA

   for reign of Asa
3. clause🔊 בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וָשֵׁשׁ֙ לְמַלְכ֣וּת אָסָ֔א עָלָ֞ה בַּעְשָׁ֤א מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ עַל־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיִּ֖בֶן אֶת־הָרָמָ֑ה

   bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-SHESH le-mal-KHUT a-SA a-LA ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-BEN et-ha-ra-MA

   in year of thirty and six for reign of Asa went up Baasha king of Israel against Judah and built Ramah
4. sentence🔊 בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וָשֵׁשׁ֙ לְמַלְכ֣וּת אָסָ֔א עָלָ֞ה בַּעְשָׁ֤א מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ עַל־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיִּ֖בֶן אֶת־הָרָמָ֑ה לְבִלְתִּ֗י תֵּ֚ת יוֹצֵ֣א וָבָ֔א לְאָסָ֖א מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃

   bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-SHESH le-mal-KHUT a-SA a-LA ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-BEN et-ha-ra-MA le-vil-TI TET yo-TSE va-VA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA

   in year of thirty and six for reign of Asa went up Baasha king of Israel against Judah and built Ramah so as not to give or allow going out and coming in to Asa king of Judah

Exegesis

The verse opens with a dating formula: bishnat {בִּשְׁנַ֨ת | bišnat} ‘in the year of’ governs the compound number sheloshim vashesh {שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וָשֵׁשׁ֙ | šəlōšîm wāšēš} ‘thirty-six’, followed by the construct phrase lemalkhut asa {לְמַלְכ֣וּת אָסָ֔א | ləmalkût ʾāsāʾ} ‘of the reign of Asa’, which anchors the narrative in regnal time.