1 Kings 14:26:121 Kgs.14.26.W12TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-SA
- clause
va-yik-KAKH et-kol-ma-gin-NE ha-za-HAV a-SHER a-SA she-lo-MO
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH et-o-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-o-tse-ROT BET ha-ME-lekh ve-et-ha-KOL la-KAKH va-yik-KAKH et-kol-ma-gin-NE ha-za-HAV a-SHER a-SA she-lo-MO
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʼăšer} ‘which’ introduces the modifying clause of Solomon {שְׁלֹמֹה | šəlōmō}, with asah {עָשָׂה | ʿāśâ} ‘he made’ specifying the shields’ origin. English renders SVO yet preserves the Hebrew’s progressive, exhaustive listing.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ר
“Asherah pole”
In context — 1 Kings 14:26
And he took the treasures of the house of the LORD , and the treasures of the house of the king; he took everything, and he took all the shields of gold which Solomon had made .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:26:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 14:26, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.14.26.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.26.W12.S1) and character.