1 Kings 16:19:131 Kgs.16.19.W13TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-SA
- clause
la-le-KHET be-DE-rekh ya-ra-VA-am u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER a-SA le-ha-kha-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
al-kha-ta-TO kha-to-ta-VAV a-SHER kha-TA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH la-le-KHET be-DE-rekh ya-ra-VA-am u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER a-SA le-ha-kha-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introduces the Qal perfect verb chata {חָטָ֔א | ḥā-ṭāʾ} ‘he sinned’, followed by the infinitive la’asot hara {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע | la-ʿă-sōṯ hā-rāʿ} ‘to do the evil’ together with the phrase be’einei YHWH {בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה | bᵉ-ʿê-nē Yᵉ-hō-wāh} ‘in the eyes of the LORD’, forming a verbal-nominal construction that highlights disapproved action under divine scrutiny.
The concluding segment uvechatato asher asah le’hachati et yisra’el {וּבְחַטָּאתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה לְהַחֲטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ū-ḇᵉ-ḥaṭ-ṭā-ʾō ʾă-šer ʿā-śāh lᵉ-ha-ḥa-ṭî ʾet yi-srā-ʾēl} ‘and in his sin which he did to cause Israel to sin’ uses a Hiphil infinitive construct to underscore causation and communal impact. The layered infinitive clauses and relative constructions build a cumulative portrayal of sin and its effect on the nation.
Root and etymology
ś-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Kings 16:19
Because of his sins which he sinned by doing evil in the eyes of the LORD , in walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to cause Israel to sin.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:19:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 16:19, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (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.16.19.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.19.W13.S1) and character.