1 Kings 16:24:131 Kgs.16.24.W13TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHER
- 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 ba-NA
- clause
va-yi-VEN ET-ha-HAR va-yik-RA ET-SHEM ha-IR a-SHER ba-NA AL shem-SHE-mer a-do-NE ha-HAR sho-me-RON
- sentence
va-yi-KEN ET-ha-HAR sho-me-RON me-ET SHE-mer be-khi-kka-RA-yim KA-sef va-yi-VEN ET-ha-HAR va-yik-RA ET-SHEM ha-IR a-SHER ba-NA AL shem-SHE-mer a-do-NE ha-HAR sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The preposition ʿal {עַ֣ל | ʿal} expresses “after” in the naming formula, and the relative particle ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾăšר} introduces the clause specifying the built city. English translation streamlines the repeated spatial term ‘hill’ by using “on it” for readability without loss of the Hebrew discourse structure.
Root and etymology
ś-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Kings 16:24
And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he built on the hill, and he called the name of the city which he built after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:24:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 16:24, 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.16.24.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.24.W13.S1) and character.