1 Kings

1 Kings 16:10

¹⁰So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So in the twenty-seventh	עֶשְׂרִ֣ים	‘eś·rîm	Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty
year	בִּשְׁנַת֙	biš·naṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8141 year
of Asa’s	לְאָסָ֖א	lə·’ā·sā	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H609 Asa
reign	מֶ֣לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
over Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
Zimri	זִמְרִי֙	zim·rî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2174 Zimri
went in	וַיָּבֹ֤א	way·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
struck Elah down	וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ	way·yak·kê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H5221 smite
and killed him	וַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּ	way·mî·ṯê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H4191 die
And Zimri reigned	וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ	way·yim·lōḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
in his place	תַּחְתָּֽיו׃	taḥ·tāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H8478 the under part

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.