1 Kings 15:13:61 Kgs.15.13.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֥ה
asherasheta
“which she had made”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-A-she-TA
- Extended
- ah-shehr-AA-sheh-TAH
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.ʕaːʃəˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which she had made
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-A-she-TA
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-A-she-TA mif-LE-tset
- clause
ve-GAM et-MA-a-kha i-MO va-ye-si-RE-HA mi-ge-vi-RA a-sher-A-she-TA mif-LE-tset la-a-she-RA
- sentence
ve-GAM et-MA-a-kha i-MO va-ye-si-RE-HA mi-ge-vi-RA a-sher-A-she-TA mif-LE-tset la-a-she-RA va-yik-ROT a-SA et-mif-lats-TA va-yis-ROF be-na-KHAL kid-RON
Exegesis
The relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾa-šer} introduces the causal clause with asetah {עָשְׂתָה | ʿā-šāh} ‘she made’, which predicates the noun mifletset {מִפְלֶצֶת | mif-le-ṯe-ṣet} ‘abomination’ dedicated la-asherah {לָאֲשֵׁרָה | lā-ʾă-še-rāh} ‘to Asherah’.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin
“evil, bad”
In context — 1 Kings 15:13
He also removed his mother Maakah from being queen mother because she had made an abomination for Asherah. Then Asa cut down that abomination and burned it at the brook Kidron.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 15:13, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֥ה (asherasheta) 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.15.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.13.W6.S1) and character.