1 Kings 18:15:61 Kgs.18.15.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“whom”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom
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 a-mad-TI
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu KHAI ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu KHAI ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV KI ha-YOM e-ra-E e-LAV
Exegesis
A relative clause begins with asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă-šer} ‘who’ plus the Qal perfect amadti {עָמַ֖דְתִּי | ’ā-mâḏ-ti} ‘I have stood’ and suffix lefanav {לְפָנָ֑יו | lə-pānāw} ‘before him’, denoting Elijah’s presence in God’s court.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire”
In context — 1 Kings 18:15
And Elijah said, “As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I have stood , surely today I will appear to him.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 18:15, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.18.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.15.W6.S1) and character.