1 Chronicles 14:16:31 Chr.14.16.W3TAB
כּֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁ֥ר
kaasher
“as, just as”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-SHER
- Extended
- kah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /kaʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- as, just as
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu
- clause
va-ya-AS da-VID ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-ya-AS da-VID ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu ha-e-lo-HIM va-ya-KU et-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM mi-giv-ON ve-ad-ga-ZE-ra
Exegesis
The relative particle ka’asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka·’ă·šeṯ} ‘as, just as’ introduces the compliance clause with the verb tzivahu {צִוָּהוּ | ṣiṿ·wā·hû} ‘he commanded him’, placing David as its object.
Root and etymology
א–ש
“fire, burning”
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:16
And David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon to Gezer.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 14:16, so the Hebrew word כּֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (kaasher) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.14.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.16.W3.S1) and character.