אֲשֶׁ֖ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֖ר

   a-SHER

   that
2. clause🔊 וְעַל֙ כָּל־בָּתֵּ֣י הַבָּמ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעָרֵ֥י שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃

   ve-AL kal-ba-TE ha-ba-MOT a-SHER be-a-RE shohm-RON

   and against all the houses of the high places that in the cities of Samaria
3. sentence🔊 כִּי֩ הָיֹ֨ה יִהְיֶ֜ה הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר קָרָא֙ בִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֑ל וְעַל֙ כָּל־בָּתֵּ֣י הַבָּמ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעָרֵ֥י שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃

   KI ha-YO yih-YEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ka-RA bid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH al-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-VET-EL ve-AL kal-ba-TE ha-ba-MOT a-SHER be-a-RE shohm-RON

   for the word that he called out by the word of LORD against the altar that in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places that in the cities of Samaria surely shall be

Exegesis

The nominal phrase had-dāḇār {הַדָּבָר | had-dāḇār} ‘the word’ functions as the subject, immediately specified by the relative clause ’ăšer qārā’ {אֲשֶׁר קָרָא | ’ăšer qārā’} ‘which he proclaimed,’ indicating prophetic utterance.

The phrases ʿal-ham-miẓbēaḥ ’ăšer bə-bêṯ-’ĕl {עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֑ל | ʿal-ham-miẓbēaḥ ’ăšer bə-bêṯ-’ĕl} and wə-ʿal kol-bāṯê habāmōṯ ’ăšer bə-ʿārê šomrôn {וְעַל כָּל־בָּתֵּ֣י הַבָּמוֹת אֲשֶׁר בְּעָרֵ֥י שֹׁמְרוֹן | wə-ʿal kol-bāṯê habāmōṯ ’ăšer bə-ʿārê šomrôn} identify the objects of judgment using construct chains and relative pronouns, preserving Hebrew appositional detail and covenantal causality in English.