Judges 18:4:5Judg.18.4.W5TAB
עָ֥שָׂה
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
a-SA LI
- clause
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE a-SA LI mi-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE a-SA LI mi-KHA va-yis-ke-RE-ni va-e-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
Exegesis
The perfect verb asah {עָשָׂה | ʿāśāh} ‘he did’ with the benefactive li {לִי | lī} ‘for me’ highlights Mikhah’s action.
Root and etymology
Rootʿayin–shin–he
“to do”
In context — Judges 18:4
And he said to them, “Such and such has Micah done for me; he has hired me, and I have become his priest .”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 18:4, so the Hebrew word עָ֥שָׂה (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 Judg.18.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.4.W5.S1) and character.