2 Kings 21:15:32 Kgs.21.15.W3TAB
עָשׂ֤וּ
asu
“they did”
- Transliteration
- a-SU
- Extended
- aa-SOO
- IPA
- /ʕaˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they did
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-SU et-ha-RA
- clause
YA-an a-SHER a-SU et-ha-RA be-e-NAI va-yih-YU makh-e-si-SIM o-TI
- sentence
YA-an a-SHER a-SU et-ha-RA be-e-NAI va-yih-YU makh-e-si-SIM o-TI min-ha-YOM a-SHER ya-TSE-u a-vo-TAM mim-mits-ra-YIM ve-AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher¹ {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ăšer} introduces the clause with the perfect verb asu {עָשׂ֤וּ | ʿāśû} ‘they did’, where the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks hara {הָרַע֙ | hāraʿ} ‘evil’.
In context — 2 Kings 21:15
Because they have done the evil in My eyes, and they have been provoking Me from the day their fathers went out from Egypt until this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 21:15, so the Hebrew word עָשׂ֤וּ (asu) 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.21.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.15.W3.S1) and character.