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Baashaבַעְשָׁאput him to deathוַיְמִתֵהוּin yearבִּשְׁנַתthreeשָׁלֹשׁof Asaלְאָסָאkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהand reignedוַיִּמְלֹךְin his place.תַּחְתָּיו
1 Kings 15:28
Study it in the app“Baasha put him to death in year three of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 15:28, word by word
- Baashaבַעְשָׁאvasha
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 “vasha” appears- put him to deathיְמִתֵyemite
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “yemite” appears- in yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- of Asaאָסָאasa
Asa
Asa: a name of uncertain meaning. It is the king of Judah, son of Abijam, who reigned forty-one years and did what was right in the eyes of YHWH (1 Kings 15:9-24); a Levite also bears the name (1 Chronicles 9:16).
Where else “asa” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- and reignedיִּמְלֹךְyimloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appears
The context
27Baasha 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.
28 · This verse (above)
29And it happened, as soon as he reigned, that he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave to Jeroboam any breathing thing until he had destroyed it, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite,