2 Kings 21:3:142 Kgs.21.3.W14TAB
עָשָׂ֗ה
asa
“he did”
- Transliteration
- a-SA
- Extended
- aa-SAA
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he did
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SA
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER a-SA
- clause
va-ya-KEM miz-be-KHOT la-BA-al va-ya-AS a-she-RA ka-a-SHER a-SA akh-AV ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yish-ta-KHU le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-AVOD o-TAM
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV va-yi-VEN et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER i-BAD khiz-ki-YA-hu a-VIV va-ya-KEM miz-be-KHOT la-BA-al va-ya-AS a-she-RA ka-a-SHER a-SA akh-AV ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yish-ta-KHU le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-AVOD o-TAM
Exegesis
The comparative clause ka-ʾašer ʿāsāh ʾAḥʾāv melek yiśrāʾēl {כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אַחְאָב מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל} parallels Manasseh’s actions with Ahab’s.
Root and etymology
ʿ-sh-hayin–shin–heh
“to do, make”
In context — 2 Kings 21:3
And he returned and built the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. And he prostrated himself to all the host of the heavens and served them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 21:3, so the Hebrew word עָשָׂ֗ה (asa) 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.21.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.3.W14.S1) and character.