1 Kings 18:10:61 Kgs.18.10.W6TAB
אֲ֠שֶׁר
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
KHAI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-GOY u-mam-la-KHA a-SHER lo-sha-LAKH a-do-NI SHAM le-vak-KESH-kha ve-a-mer-U A-yin
- sentence
KHAI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-GOY u-mam-la-KHA a-SHER lo-sha-LAKH a-do-NI SHAM le-vak-KESH-kha ve-a-mer-U A-yin ve-hish-BI-a et-ha-mam-la-KHA ve-et-ha-GOY KI LO yim-tsa-E-kha
Exegesis
The conditional clause im yesh goy u-mamlakhah asher lo shalakh adoni sham levakkeshkha {אִם־יֶשׁ־גּוֹי וּמַמְלָכָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־שָׁלַח אֲדֹנִי שָׁם לְבַקֵּשְׁךָ | ʾim yēš gôy wə-mamlāḵāh ăšer lō šālaḥ ădōnî šām lə-văqēšḵā} ‘if there is a nation and kingdom which my master has not sent to seek you’ places emphasis on the comprehensiveness of the search.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire”
In context — 1 Kings 18:10
As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to seek you; and when they said, “He is not here,” he made the kingdom and the nation swear that they had not found you.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 18:10, so the Hebrew word אֲ֠שֶׁר (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.18.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.10.W6.S1) and character.