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Whoeverהַof Baasha’s houseלְבַעְשָׁאdiesמֵּתin the city,בָּעִירthe dogsהַכְּלָבִיםwill eat;יֹאכְלוּand whoeverוְהַof hisלוֹdiesמֵּתin the field,בַּשָּׂדֶהthe birdsעוֹףof the skyהַשָּׁמָיִםwill eat.”יֹאכְלוּ
1 Kings 16:4
Study it in the app“Whoever of Baasha’s house dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and whoever of his dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 16:4, word by word
- of Baasha’s houseבַעְשָׁאvasha
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- diesמֵּתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- in the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- the dogsכְּלָבִיםkelavim
dog
An animal that roams the city and eats what it finds, even carrion.
Where else “kelavim” appears- will eatיֹאכְלוּyochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appears- in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- of the skyשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears
The context
3look, I am sweeping away after Baasha and after his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
4 · This verse (above)
5The rest of the deeds of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?