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In yearבִּשְׁנַת שָׁנָהtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםand sixוָשֵׁשׁof Asaלְאָסָאkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהElahאֵלָהsonבֶןof Baashaבַּעְשָׁאbegan to reignמָלַךְoverעַלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלin Tirzah,בְּתִרְצָהand he reignedtwo years.שְׁנָתָיִם
1 Kings 16:8
Study it in the app“In year twenty and six of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned two years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 16:8, word by word
- In yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- and sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” 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- Elahאֵלָהela
Elah
Elah, the name of several men (a chief of Edom; a king of Israel) and of the valley of Elah in Judah, where David defeated Goliath. As a common word it means "oak" or "terebinth".
Where else “ela” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of 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- began to reignמָלַךְmalach
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” 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- in Tirzahתִרְצָהtirtsa
Tirzah
Tirzah, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad; also a city of Canaan. The name means "delight."
Where else “tirtsa” appears
The context
7Also, through Jehu son of Hanani the prophet, the word of YHWH came to Baasha and to his house, because of all the evil that he did in the eyes of YHWH, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him.
8 · This verse (above)
9His servant Zimri, commander of half the chariots, conspired against him. He was in Tirzah, drinking and drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;