1 Kings 14:24:81 Kgs.14.24.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁר֙
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
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
- clause
a-SU ke-KHOL ha-to-a-VOt ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-GAM-ka-DESH ha-YA va-A-rets a-SU ke-KHOL ha-to-a-VOt ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introduces a restrictive clause with the Hiphil perfect horish {הוֹרִ֣ישׁ | hôrîš} ‘had driven out’, with the proper noun YHWH {יְהוָ֔ה | Yᵉ-hō-wāh} as agent.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ר
“Asherah pole”
In context — 1 Kings 14:24
And also there were male cult prostitutes in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 14:24, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֙ (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.14.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.24.W8.S1) and character.