1 Chronicles 17:20:81 Chr.17.20.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ
ashershamaenu
“which we have heard”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-sha-MA-e-nu
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-shah-MAH-eh-noo
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.ʃaˈmaʕ.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which we have heard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-sha-MA-e-nu
- phraseyour reading level
be-KHOL a-SHER-sha-MA-e-nu
- clause
be-KHOL a-SHER-sha-MA-e-nu be-oz-NE-nu
- sentence
ye-ho-VAH EN ka-MO-kha ve-EN e-lo-HIM zu-la-TE-kha be-KHOL a-SHER-sha-MA-e-nu be-oz-NE-nu
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer-šāmaʿnû {אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ | ʾă-šer-šā-ma-ʿnū} ‘that we have heard’ with beʾōznênū {בְּאָזְנֵֽינוּ | bə-ʾōz-nê-nū} ‘with our ears’ refers to oral tradition. Hebrew verbless clauses convey timeless proclamations, rendered in English with “there is” to mirror the original existential force.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:20
LORD , there is none like You; there is no God besides You in all that we have heard with our ears.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 17:20, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ (ashershamaenu) 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.17.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.20.W8.S1) and character.