1 Kings 14:16:81 Kgs.14.16.W8TAB
וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר
vaasher
“and which”
- Transliteration
- va-a-SHER
- Extended
- vah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /vaʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
va-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-SHER he-khe-ti-I
- clause
big-LAL kha-to-OT ya-ra-ve-AM a-SHER kha-TA va-a-SHER he-khe-ti-I et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-yit-TEN et-yis-ra-EL big-LAL kha-to-OT ya-ra-ve-AM a-SHER kha-TA va-a-SHER he-khe-ti-I et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Two parallel relative clauses, asher chata {אֲשֶׁר חָטָא | ʾa-šer ḥā-ṭāʼ} ‘which he sinned’ and ve-asher hecheti et Yisra’el {וַאֲשֶׁר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | wa-ʾa-šer he-che-tīʼ ʼet-yi-srā-ʼēl} ‘and which he caused Israel to sin’, reinforce Jeroboam’s direct and vicarious guilt. The hiphil verb hecheti intensifies causation, and the Hebrew structure preserves parallelism and theological emphasis on individual and communal sin.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh
“prince, official, commander”
In context — 1 Kings 14:16
And He will give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam , which he sinned and which he caused Israel to sin.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 14:16, so the Hebrew word וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (vaasher) 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.14.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.16.W8.S1) and character.