1 Kings 15:12:61 Kgs.15.12.W6TAB
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-SU
- clause
va-ya-SAR et-kol-ha-gi-lu-LIM a-SHER a-SU a-vo-TAV
- sentence
va-ya-a-VER ha-ke-de-SHIM min-ha-A-rets va-ya-SAR et-kol-ha-gi-lu-LIM a-SHER a-SU a-vo-TAV
Exegesis
The compound et-kol-hagillulim {אֶת־כָּל־הַגִּלֻּלִים | ’et-kōl-hagillûlîm} introduces all the idols, and the relative clause asher asu avotav {אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֲבֹתָיו | ’ăšer ’āśû ’ăvōṯāw} attributes their making to previous generations, underscoring the king’s resolve against ancestral idolatry.
Root and etymology
š-raleph-shin-resh
“to go straight, to prosper”
In context — 1 Kings 15:12
And he removed the male shrine prostitutes from the land, and he took away all the idols that his fathers had made.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 15:12, 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.15.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.12.W6.S1) and character.