אֲשֶׁ֥ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֥ר

   a-SHER

   which or that
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִלְחַ֖ם

   a-SHER nil-KHAM

   which or that he fought
3. clause🔊 וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י יָֽרָבְעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִלְחַ֖ם וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלָ֑ךְ

   ve-YE-ter div-REI ya-ra-ve-AM a-SHER nil-KHAM va-a-SHER ma-LAKH

   and the remainder of the words or matters of Jeroboam which or that he fought and which or that he reigned
4. sentence🔊 וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י יָֽרָבְעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִלְחַ֖ם וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלָ֑ךְ הִנָּ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ve-YE-ter div-REI ya-ra-ve-AM a-SHER nil-KHAM va-a-SHER ma-LAKH hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-REI ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHEI yis-ra-EL

   and the remainder of the words or matters of Jeroboam which or that he fought and which or that he reigned behold, they written upon the book of the words or matters of the days of the kings of Israel

Exegesis

The construct chain divrei {דִּבְרֵי | də-vrē} ‘recorded matters’ links to the proper name Yarov'am {יָרָבְעָם | yā-rā-v-’ām}, and the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} introduces two summary clauses nilcham {נִלְחַם | nil-ḥām} ‘he fought’ and malakh {מָלַךְ | mā-lakh} ‘he reigned’.

Root and etymology

א־שׁ־ר🔊 aleph–shin–resh

“Asherah pole”

• 🔊 אֲשֵׁרִיםʼašērîmsacred polesDeuteronomy 16:21