1 Chronicles 17:21:71 Chr.17.21.W7TAB

אֲשֶׁר֩

asher

which or whom

Transliteration
a-SHER
Extended
ah-SHEHR
IPA
/ʔăˈʃɛr/

Meaning by language

English
which or whom

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Result
אֲ + שֶׁר֩
a + sher
asher

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SHER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM

  4. sentence

    u-MI ke-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL GOY e-KHAD ba-A-rets a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM

Exegesis

A relative clause begins with ’ăšer hā-laḵ hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm {אֲשֶׁר֩ הָלַ֨ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים | ’ă-šer hā-laḵ hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm} ‘whom the God went’, followed by the infinitive liṯ-pə-ḏōṯ {לִפְדּ֧וֹת | liṯ-pə-ḏō-ṯ} ‘to redeem’ and lōw ʿām {לוֹ עָם | lōw ʿām} ‘for Himself a people’, attributing divine initiative.

In context1 Chronicles 17:21

And who is like Your people Israel, one nation on earth, for whom God went to redeem for Himself a people, and to make for You a name through great and awesome deeds , driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt, from among the nations?

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 17:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Chronicles 17:21, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֩ (asher) 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.17.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.21.W7.S1) and character.