2 Kings 21:7:52 Kgs.21.7.W5TAB
עָשָׂ֑ה
asa
“he made”
- Transliteration
- a-SA
- Extended
- aa-SAA
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he made
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
a-SHER a-SA
- clause
va-ya-SEM et-PE-sel ha-a-she-RA a-SHER a-SA
- sentence
va-ya-SEM et-PE-sel ha-a-she-RA a-SHER a-SA ba-BA-yit a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH el-da-VID ve-el-she-lo-MO be-NO ba-BA-yit ha-ZE u-vi-ru-sha-LA-im a-SHER ba-KHAR-ti mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-SIM et-she-MI le-o-LAM
Exegesis
A relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʼă-šer} ‘which’ frames ʿāśâh {עָשָׂה | ʿāśâh} ‘he made’, situating the fabrication before placement.
Root and etymology
ʿ-sh-hayin–shin–heh
“to do, make”
In context — 2 Kings 21:7
And he set the carved image of Asherah which he had made in the house , of which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My Name forever.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 21:7, so the Hebrew word עָשָׂ֑ה (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.21.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.7.W5.S1) and character.