1 Kings 15:3:41 Kgs.15.3.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣ה
asherasa
“which he did”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-a-SA
- Extended
- ah-sher-ah-SAA
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.ʕaˈsɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which he did
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-sher-a-SA
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-a-SA le-fa-NAV
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV a-sher-a-SA le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV a-sher-a-SA le-fa-NAV ve-lo-ha-YA le-va-VO sha-LEM im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV kil-VAV da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The relative clause ’ă-šer-’ā-śāh lə-pā-nāw {אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣ה לְפָנָ֑יו | ’ă-šer-’ā-śāh lə-pā-nāw} ‘that he had done before him’ provides temporal context by referencing the father’s prior deeds.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin
“evil, bad”
In context — 1 Kings 15:3
He kept to all the sins his father had practiced before him, and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God , unlike the heart of David his father.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 15:3, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣ה (asherasa) 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.15.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.3.W4.S1) and character.