1 Kings 16:33:31 Kgs.16.33.W3TAB
אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה
ethaashera
“the Asherah”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-a-she-RA
- Extended
- eht-hah-ah-sheh-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.ʔăʃeːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Asherah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-a-she-RA
- clause
va-ya-AS akh-AV et-ha-a-she-RA
- 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 accusative is marked by et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct object marker’ before both ha'asherah {הָאֲשֵׁרָה | hāʾăšērāh} ‘the Asherah’ and YHWH {יְהֹוָה | Yəhōwāh} ‘LORD’, highlighting the cultic object and the divine target.
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 16:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 16:33, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה (ethaashera) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.33.W3.S1) and character.