2 Kings 19:18:32 Kgs.19.18.W3TAB
בָּאֵ֑שׁ
baesh
“in the fire”
- Transliteration
- ba-ESH
- Extended
- baa-EESH
- IPA
- /bɔːˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-ESH
- clause
ve-na-TE-nu ET-e-lo-HE-hem ba-ESH
- sentence
ve-na-TE-nu ET-e-lo-HE-hem ba-ESH KI LO e-lo-HIM HE-ma KI im-ma-a-SE ye-DE-a-DAM ETS va-E-ven va-ye-AB-de-m
Exegesis
The locative ba-esh {בָּאֵשׁ | bə-ʾēš} ‘in the fire’ indicates the means of destruction.
In context — 2 Kings 19:18
And they placed their gods in the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of human hands—wood and stone—and they destroyed them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 19:18, so the Hebrew word בָּאֵ֑שׁ (baesh) 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 2 Kgs.19.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.18.W3.S1) and character.