1 Kings 14:8:101 Kgs.14.8.W10TAB
אֲשֶׁר֩
asher
“who or which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who or 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 sha-MAR mits-vo-TAI
- clause
ve-lo-ha-YI-ta ke-av-DI da-VID a-SHER sha-MAR mits-vo-TAI va-a-sher-ha-LAKH a-kha-RAI be-khol-le-va-VO la-a-SOT RAK ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAI
- sentence
va-ek-RA et-ha-mam-la-KHA mi-BET da-VID va-et-te-NE-ha LAKH ve-lo-ha-YI-ta ke-av-DI da-VID a-SHER sha-MAR mits-vo-TAI va-a-sher-ha-LAKH a-kha-RAI be-khol-le-va-VO la-a-SOT RAK ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAI
Exegesis
Two relative clauses introduced by ʾăšer šāmar {אֲשֶׁר֩ שָׁמַ֨ר | ʾăšer šāmar} ‘who kept’ and waʾăšer hālaḵ {וַאֲשֶׁר־הָלַ֤ךְ | waʾăšer hālaḵ} ‘and who walked’ form a chiastic parallelism that underscores covenant fidelity.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ר
“Asherah pole”
In context — 1 Kings 14:8
And I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who walked after Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 14:8, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֩ (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.14.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.8.W10.S1) and character.