אֲשֶׁ֥ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֥ר

   a-SHER

   which
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא

   a-SHER he-khe-TI

   which he caused to sin
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אָבִ֔יו וּבְ֨חַטָּאת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-ye-LEKH be-DE-rekh a-VIV u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL

   and he walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he caused to sin {direct object marker} Israel
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אָבִ֔יו וּבְ֨חַטָּאת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH be-DE-rekh a-VIV u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL

   and he did the evil in the eyes of the LORD and he walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he caused to sin {direct object marker} Israel

Exegesis

The relative clause ’ăšer heḥeṭṭî {אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא | ’ăšer heḥeṭṭî} ‘which he caused to sin’ uses a hiphil verb to indicate active leading into sin, with ’et {אֶת־ | ’et} marking Yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | Yiśrāʾēl} as the object. The parallel vav clauses highlight the repetition of ancestral wrongdoing.

Root and etymology

š-r🔊 א־ש־רaleph-shin-resh

“to go straight, to prosper”

• 🔊 אֲשֵׁרִיםasherimcultic polesJudges 3:7