Baashaבַּעְשָׁאsonבֶןof Ahijah,אֲחִיָּהof the houseלְבֵיתof Issachar,יִשָּׂשכָרconspiredוַיִּקְשֹׁרagainst him;עָלָיוand Baashaוַ בַעְשָׁאstruck him downיַּכֵּהוּat Gibbethon,בְּגִבְּתוֹןwhichאֲשֶׁרbelonged to the Philistines,לַפְּלִשְׁתִּיםwhile Nadabוְנָדָבand allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwere besiegingצָרִיםGibbethon.עַל גִּבְּתוֹן
1 Kings 15:27
Study it in the app“Baasha son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 15:27, word by word
- Baashaבַּעְשָׁאbasha
Baasha
Baasha: a name of uncertain meaning. It is the man of Issachar who conspired against Nadab, wiped out the house of Jeroboam and reigned twenty-four years over Israel (1 Kings 15:27–16:7).
Where else “basha” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Ahijahאֲחִיָּהachiya
Ahijah
Ahijah: the name of several people; among them the priest who carried the ephod in Saul's time (1 Samuel 14:3) and the prophet from Shiloh (1 Kings 11:29). It means "brother of YHWH."
Where else “achiya” appears- of the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appears- of Issacharיִשָּׂשכָרyisashchar
Issachar
Issachar, a son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "wages".
Where else “yisashchar” appears- conspiredיִּקְשֹׁרyikshor
conspire
To join secretly with others to bring down someone in authority.
Where else “yikshor” appears- struck him downיַּכֵּyake
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yake” appears- at Gibbethonגִבְּתוֹןgibton
Gibbethon
Gibbethon: a town of Dan, later a Levite city.
Where else “gibton” appears- belonged to the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appears- while Nadabנָדָבnadav
Nadab
Nadab: the name of several Israelites, among them the oldest son of Aaron and a king of Israel.
Where else “nadav” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- were besiegingצָרִיםtsarim
besiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “tsarim” appears
The context
26He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, with which he made Israel sin.
27 · This verse (above)
28Baasha put him to death in year three of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.