1 Kings 16:33:141 Kgs.16.33.W14TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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 ha-YU
- clause
va-yo-SEF akh-AV la-a-SOT le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH a-lo-HE yis-ra-EL mi-KOL mal-KHE yis-ra-EL a-SHER ha-YU le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-ya-AS akh-AV et-ha-a-she-RA va-yo-SEF akh-AV la-a-SOT le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH a-lo-HE yis-ra-EL mi-KOL mal-KHE yis-ra-EL a-SHER ha-YU le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The comparative phrase mikol malkei Yisrael {מִכֹּל מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | mikkōl malkê yisrāʾēl} ‘more than all the kings of Israel’ quantifies the extent of provocation, while the relative clause asher hayu lefanav {אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ לְפָנָיו | ʼăšer hāyû lə-pānāw} ‘who were before him’ situates the action in historical contrast.
Root and etymology
sh-raleph–shin–resh
“sacred pole or grove”
In context — 1 Kings 16:33
And Ahab made an Asherah pole and did more to provoke the LORD the God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:33:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 16:33, 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.16.33.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.33.W14.S1) and character.