1 Kings 14:15:211 Kgs.14.15.W21TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 a-SU
- clause
ya-AN a-SHER a-SU et-a-she-re-HEM ma-khe-i-SIM et-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-hik-KA Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER ya-NUD ha-ka-NE ba-ma-YIM ve-na-TASH et-yis-ra-EL me-AL ha-a-da-MA ha-to-VA ha-ZOT a-SHER na-TAN la-a-vo-te-HEM ve-ze-RAM me-E-ver la-na-HAR ya-AN a-SHER a-SU et-a-she-re-HEM ma-khe-i-SIM et-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The causal conjunction yaʿan ʾăšer {יַעַן אֲשֶׁר | yaʿan ʾăšer} introduces the motive for judgment, and the participle makkĭsîm {מַכְעִיסִים | makkĭsîm} highlights the provocation of divine anger.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ר
“Asherah pole”
In context — 1 Kings 14:15
And the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. And He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave to their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the river, because they made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:15:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 1 Kings 14:15, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֤ר (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 Kgs.14.15.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.15.W21.S1) and character.