Verse 8

{ "verseID": "1 Kings.16.8", "source": "בִּשְׁנַ֨ת עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָשֵׁשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לְאָסָ֖א מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַךְ אֵלָ֨ה בֶן־בַּעְשָׁ֧א עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּתִרְצָ֖ה שְׁנָתָֽיִם׃", "text": "In year *bišnat* twenty *ʿeśrîm* and six *wāšēš* *šānāh* for *ləʾĀsāʾ* king *melek* *Yəhûdāh* reigned *mālak* *ʾĒlāh* *ben-Baʿšāʾ* over *ʿal-Yiśrāʾēl* in *bəTirṣāh* two years *šənātāyim*", "grammar": { "*bišnat*": "preposition + noun feminine singular construct - in the year of", "*ʿeśrîm*": "cardinal number - twenty", "*wāšēš*": "conjunction + cardinal number - and six", "*šānāh*": "noun feminine singular - year", "*ləʾĀsāʾ*": "preposition + proper name - for/of Asa", "*melek*": "noun masculine singular construct - king of", "*Yəhûdāh*": "proper name - Judah", "*mālak*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he reigned/became king", "*ʾĒlāh*": "proper name - Elah", "*ben-Baʿšāʾ*": "noun masculine singular construct + proper name - son of Baasha", "*ʿal-Yiśrāʾēl*": "preposition + proper name - over Israel", "*bəTirṣāh*": "preposition + proper name - in Tirzah", "*šənātāyim*": "noun feminine dual - two years" }, "variants": { "*bišnat*": "in the year of/during the year", "*mālak*": "he reigned/he became king/he ruled", "*šənātāyim*": "two years/a period of two years" } }

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