1 Kings 14:10:171 Kgs.14.10.W17TAB
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר
kaasher
“as”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-SHER
- Extended
- kah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /kaʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- as
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ka-a-SHER
- clause
u-vi-AR-TI a-kha-RE vet-ya-rav-AM ka-a-SHER ye-va-ER ha-ga-LAL ad-tu-MO
- sentence
la-KHEN hin-ne-NI me-VI ra-A el-BET ya-rav-AM ve-hikh-RAT-TI le-ya-rav-AM mash-te-IN be-KIR a-TSUR ve-a-ZUV be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-AR-TI a-kha-RE vet-ya-rav-AM ka-a-SHER ye-va-ER ha-ga-LAL ad-tu-MO
Exegesis
The Piel perfect u-vi’ariti {וּבִֽעַרְתִּי֙ | û-wi-ʿar-tî} “I will burn up” and the comparative clause ka-asher yeva’er ha-galal {כַּאֲשֶׁר יְבַעֵ֥ר הַגָּלָ֖ל | ka-ʾašer yə-ḇaʿ-êr ha-ggā-lāl} “as one burns dung” create a vivid consuming judgment metaphor. The sequence of vav-consecutive verbs and the placement of the simile underscore the inexorable and purifying nature of divine judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh
“prince, official, commander”
In context — 1 Kings 14:10
Therefore, behold, I will bring disaster upon the house of Jeroboam, and I will cut off from Jeroboam every one who urinates against a wall —both the restrained and the left free—in Israel, and I will burn away what remains of the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is finished.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:10:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 14:10, so the Hebrew word כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (kaasher) 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 Kgs.14.10.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.10.W17.S1) and character.