1 Kings 14:23:61 Kgs.14.23.W6TAB
וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים
vaasherim
“and Asherim”
- Transliteration
- va-a-she-RIM
- Extended
- vah-ah-sheh-REEM
- IPA
- /va.ʔă.ʃeːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Asherim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-she-RIM
- clause
va-yiv-NU gam-HE-ma la-HEM ba-MOT u-mats-TSE-vot va-a-she-RIM
- sentence
va-yiv-NU gam-HE-ma la-HEM ba-MOT u-mats-TSE-vot va-a-she-RIM AL kal-giv-A ge-vo-HA ve-TA-khat kal-ETS ra-a-NAN
Exegesis
The series of direct objects bamot {בָּמוֹת | bāmôṯ} ‘high places’, matzevot {מַצֵּב֖וֹת | maṣṣēḇōṯ} ‘pillars’, and Asherim {אֲשֵׁרִים | ʾăšērîm} ‘Asherah poles’ enumerates distinct ritual installations.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-r
“sacred pole”
In context — 1 Kings 14:23
And they also built for themselves high places, pillars , and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 14:23, so the Hebrew word וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים (vaasherim) 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.14.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.23.W6.S1) and character.