1 Kings 16:26:71 Kgs.16.26.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
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 he-khe-TI
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT u-ve-kha-ta-TAI-v u-ve-kha-TA-to a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT u-ve-kha-ta-TAI-v u-ve-kha-TA-to a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher heḥetiʾa {אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱטִ֖יא | ’ă-šer he-ḥe-ṭi-’ā} ‘which he caused to sin’ uses the Hifil perfect for causal influence.
Root and etymology
ś-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Kings 16:26
He walked in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he caused Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 16:26, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.16.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.26.W7.S1) and character.