Proverbs 8:26:2Prov.8.26.W2TAB
עָ֭שָׂה
asa
“he made”
- Transliteration
- a-SA
- Extended
- aa-SAA
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈsɔː/
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
- clause
ad-LO a-SA E-rets ve-khu-TSOT
- sentence
ad-LO a-SA E-rets ve-khu-TSOT ve-ROSH a-fe-ROT TE-vel
Exegesis
Asah {עָשָׂה | ʿāśâ} in Qal perfect third person masculine singular marks a completed action by the implied subject “He,” understood as YHWH from the wider context.
Root and etymology
“to do, make”
In context — Proverbs 8:26
Before He made the land or the fields , or the beginning of the dust of the world.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 8:26, so the Hebrew word עָ֭שָׂה (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 Prov.8.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.26.W2.S1) and character.