1 Chronicles 17:8:141 Chr.17.8.W14TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“which or that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which or that
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ba-A-rets
- clause
ve-a-SI-ti le-KHA SHEM ke-SHEM ha-ge-do-LIM a-SHER ba-A-rets
- sentence
va-e-HE-ye im-me-KHA be-KHOL a-SHER ha-LAKH-ta va-a-KHRI-t et-KOL-O-ye-VE-kha mi-pa-NE-kha ve-a-SI-ti le-KHA SHEM ke-SHEM ha-ge-do-LIM a-SHER ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ attaches to halakhta {הָלַכְתָּ | hâ-laḵ-tā} ‘you have gone’, defining the scope of presence.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:8
And I have been with you in all that you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the land.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Chronicles 17:8, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.17.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.8.W14.S1) and character.