1 Kings 14:9:41 Kgs.14.9.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ
asherhayu
“who were”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-ha-YU
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-haa-YOO
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr haːˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who were
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-SHER-ha-YU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ha-YU le-fa-NE-kha
- clause
va-ta-RA la-a-SOT mi-KOL a-SHER-ha-YU le-fa-NE-kha
- sentence
va-ta-RA la-a-SOT mi-KOL a-SHER-ha-YU le-fa-NE-kha va-TE-lekh va-ta-a-SE-le-kha e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM u-ma-se-KHOT le-hakh-i-SE-ni ve-o-TI hish-la-KH-TA a-kha-RE ga-VE-kha
Exegesis
The infinitive construct la‘asot {לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת | la-ʿa-sot} ‘to do’ intensifies the wrongdoing, while mikol {מִכֹּ֖ל | mi-kol} ‘more than all’ plus the relative asher-hayu {אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ | ʾa-šer-hā-yū} ‘that were’ and lefanekha {לְפָנֶ֑יךָ | le-fa-nei-kha} ‘before you’ marks a comparative superlative.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ר
“Asherah pole”
In context — 1 Kings 14:9
But you have done evil above all who were before you, and you went and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me , and you have cast Me behind your back.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 14:9, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ (asherhayu) 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.14.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.9.W4.S1) and character.