1 Chronicles 20:3:21 Chr.20.3.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜הּ
asherba
“who were in it”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-ba
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-baa
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.baː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who were in it
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-SHER-ba
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-ha-AM a-SHER-ba
- clause
ve-ET-ha-AM a-SHER-ba ho-TSI va-ya-SAR bam-me-ge-RA u-va-kha-ri-TSE ha-bar-ZEL u-vam-me-ge-ROT ve-KHEN ya-a-SE da-VID le-KHOL a-RE ve-NE-a-MON
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-AM a-SHER-ba ho-TSI va-ya-SAR bam-me-ge-RA u-va-kha-ri-TSE ha-bar-ZEL u-vam-me-ge-ROT ve-KHEN ya-a-SE da-VID le-KHOL a-RE ve-NE-a-MON va-ya-SHAV da-VID ve-KHOL-ha-AM ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {וְאֶת־ | wə-’et} introduces the people, while the relative clause asher bah {אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ | ’ă-šer bāh} qualifies who were in it.
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:3
And as for the people who were in it, he brought them out and assigned them to work with saws , and with sharp tools of iron, and with axes. Thus David did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 20:3, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜הּ (asherba) 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.20.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.3.W2.S1) and character.