אֲשֶׁ֣ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר

   a-SHE-r

   which
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלַ֣ךְ יָרָבְעָ֔ם

   a-SHE-r ma-LAKH ya-ra-ve-AM

   which he reigned Jeroboam
3. clause🔊 וְהַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלַ֣ךְ יָרָבְעָ֔ם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם שָׁנָ֑ה

   ve-ha-ya-MIM a-SHE-r ma-LAKH ya-ra-ve-AM e-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA

   and the days which he reigned Jeroboam twenty and two year
4. sentence🔊 וְהַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלַ֣ךְ יָרָבְעָ֔ם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם שָׁנָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ נָדָ֥ב בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   ve-ha-ya-MIM a-SHE-r ma-LAKH ya-ra-ve-AM e-se-RIM u-she-TA-yim sha-NA va-yish-KAV im-a-vo-TAV va-yim-LOKH na-DAV be-NO takh-TAV

   and the days which he reigned Jeroboam twenty and two year and he lay down with his fathers and he reigned Nadab his son in his place under him

Exegesis

The verse begins with the conjunction vehayamim {וְהַיָּמִים֙ | wə-hā-yā-yim} ‘and the days’, followed by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introducing a relative clause with the verb malakh {מָלַ֣ךְ | mā-laḵ} ‘he reigned’.

Root and etymology

א־שׁ־ר🔊 aleph–shin–resh

“Asherah pole”

• 🔊 אֲשֵׁרִיםʼašērîmsacred polesDeuteronomy 16:21