1 Kings 18:12:91 Kgs.18.12.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“which or where”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which or where
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 lo-E-DA
- clause
ve-ha-YA a-NI e-LEKH me-i-TAKH ve-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH yis-SA-a-kha AL a-SHER lo-E-DA u-va-TI le-ha-GID le-akh-AV ve-LO yim-tsa-A-kha va-ha-ra-GA-ni
- sentence
ve-ha-YA a-NI e-LEKH me-i-TAKH ve-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH yis-SA-a-kha AL a-SHER lo-E-DA u-va-TI le-ha-GID le-akh-AV ve-LO yim-tsa-A-kha va-ha-ra-GA-ni ve-av-de-KHA ya-RE et-ye-ho-VAH min-ne-u-RAI
Exegesis
The relative clause ʿal ʼă-šer lō-ʾē-ḏāʿ {עַ֚ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־אֵדָ֔ע | ʿal ʼă-šer lō-ʾē-ḏāʿ} ‘to a place that I do not know’ emphasizes an unknown destination. The narrative proceeds through a series of waw-consecutive verbs (u-vā-ʼaṯî, lə-haggîd, wə-lō yim-ṣā-ʾăkha, va-harā-gā-nî) outlining sequential possibilities.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire”
In context — 1 Kings 18:12
And it will happen that when I go from you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know. And if I come to tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But your servant has feared the LORD from my youth .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 18:12, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (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.18.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.12.W9.S1) and character.