1 Kings 16:5:41 Kgs.16.5.W4TAB

וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר

vaasher

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Transliteration
va-a-SHER
Extended
vah-ah-SHEHR
IPA
/vaʔăˈʃɛr/

Meaning by language

English
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Result
וַ + אֲ + שֶׁ֥ר
va + a + sher
vaasher

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-a-SHER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-a-SHER a-SA

  3. clause

    ve-YE-ter div-RE ba-sha va-a-SHER a-SA u-ge-vu-ra-TO

  4. sentence

    ve-YE-ter div-RE ba-sha va-a-SHER a-SA u-ge-vu-ra-TO ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The construct chain divrei Baasha {דִּבְרֵי בַעְשָׁא | dibré ba-ʿa-šá} ‘events of Baasha’ is expanded by vaʾasher ʿasah {וַאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה | va-ʾa-šér ʿā-sā} ‘what he did’, with uvegvurato {וּגְבוּרָת֑וֹ | u-gevurātō} ‘and his might’ functioning as a further descriptive addition.

Root and etymology

ś-rshin–resh

prince, chief

In context1 Kings 16:5

As for the remaining events of Baasha’s reign—what he did and the might he displayed—are they not recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

About this coordinate

1 Kings 16:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 16:5, so the Hebrew word וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (vaasher) 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.16.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.5.W4.S1) and character.