1 Kings 16:32:61 Kgs.16.32.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHER
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
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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
BET ha-BA-al a-SHER ba-NA be-sho-me-RON
- sentence
va-ya-KEM miz-BE-akh la-BA-al BET ha-BA-al a-SHER ba-NA be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The relative clause asher banah {אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה | ʾă-šer bâ-nāh} ‘which he built’ links the installation to its founder.
Root and etymology
ś-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Kings 16:32
And he erected an altar to Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:32:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 16:32, 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.16.32.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.32.W6.S1) and character.