1 Kings 17:5:91 Kgs.17.5.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
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
- clause
va-ye-LEKH va-ye-SHEV be-na-KHAL ke-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH va-ya-AS kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH va-ye-SHEV be-na-KHAL ke-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The relative clause ’ăšer ’al-pə-nê ha-Yarden {אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַיַּרְדֵּֽן | ’ă-šer ’al-pə-nê ha-yar-ḏēn} ‘which is before the Jordan’ uses ’al-pə-nê as an idiom for ‘east of’, and the English translation renders the Hebrew clause order and locative precisely.
In context — 1 Kings 17:5
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD . He went and settled by the brook Kerith, which lies east of the Jordan.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 17:5, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֖ר (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.17.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.5.W9.S1) and character.