אֲשֶׁ֥ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֥ר

   a-SHER

   which
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה

   a-SHER ba-NA

   which he built, had built
3. clause🔊 וְהַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָסָ֜א הִשְׁמִ֤יעַ אֶת־כָּל־יְהוּדָה֙ אֵ֣ין נָקִ֔י וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ אֶת־אַבְנֵ֤י הָֽרָמָה֙ וְאֶת־עֵצֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה בַּעְשָׁ֑א

   ve-ham-ME-lekh A-sa hish-mi-A et-KOL-ye-hu-DA EN na-KI va-yis-E-u et-av-NE ha-ra-MA ve-et-e-TSE-ha a-SHER ba-NA ba-SHA

   and the king Asa made heard, proclaimed {direct object} all Judah there is not one free, exempt and they carried, lifted {direct object} stones of Ramah and {direct object} its timber, its wood which he built, had built Baasha
4. sentence🔊 וְהַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָסָ֜א הִשְׁמִ֤יעַ אֶת־כָּל־יְהוּדָה֙ אֵ֣ין נָקִ֔י וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ אֶת־אַבְנֵ֤י הָֽרָמָה֙ וְאֶת־עֵצֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה בַּעְשָׁ֑א וַיִּ֤בֶן בָּם֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֔א אֶת־גֶּ֥בַע בִּנְיָמִ֖ן וְאֶת־הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃

   ve-ham-ME-lekh A-sa hish-mi-A et-KOL-ye-hu-DA EN na-KI va-yis-E-u et-av-NE ha-ra-MA ve-et-e-TSE-ha a-SHER ba-NA ba-SHA va-yi-VEN BAM ham-ME-lekh A-sa et-GE-va bin-ya-MIN ve-et-ham-mits-PA

   and the king Asa made heard, proclaimed {direct object} all Judah there is not one free, exempt and they carried, lifted {direct object} stones of Ramah and {direct object} its timber, its wood which he built, had built Baasha and he built with them, by them the king Asa {direct object} Geba of Benjamin and {direct object} the Mizpah

Exegesis

The relative clause asher banah Baasha {אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה בַּעְשָׁ֑א | ʾăšer bānāh baʿāšāʾ} links the materials to Baasha’s prior construction, highlighting a reversal: what one king erected is stripped and reassigned.

Root and etymology

š-r🔊 א־ש־רaleph-shin-resh

“to go straight, to prosper”

• 🔊 אֲשֵׁרִיםasherimcultic polesJudges 3:7