Genesis 18:8:6Gen.18.8.W6TAB

עָשָׂ֔ה

asa

he had prepared

Transliteration
a-SA
Extended
ah-SAA
IPA
/ʕaː.ˈsaː/

Meaning by language

English
he had prepared

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Result
עָ + שָׂ֔ה
a + sa
asa

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER a-SA

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH khem-AH ve-kha-LAV u-ven-ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-SA va-yit-TEN lif-nei-HEM

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH khem-AH ve-kha-LAV u-ven-ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-SA va-yit-TEN lif-nei-HEM ve-hu-o-MED a-lei-HEM TA-khat ha-ETS va-yo-khe-LU

Exegesis

The substantive uven-habakar {וּבֶן־הַבָּקָר | ū-ven-hab-bā-qār} 'calf of the herd' is detailed by the relative clause asher asah {אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה | ʾă-šer ʿā-śāh} 'which he had prepared', highlighting Abraham’s personal effort.

Root and etymology

ʿ-ś-h

to do, make

In contextGenesis 18:8

And he took curds and milk , and the calf that he had prepared, and he placed it before them; and he stood over them under the tree, and they ate.

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:8, so the Hebrew word עָשָׂ֔ה (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 Gen.18.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.8.W6.S1) and character.