1 Kings 18:19:141 Kgs.18.19.W14TAB
הָֽאֲשֵׁרָה֙
haashera
“the Asherah”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-she-RA
- Extended
- haa-ah-sheh-RAA
- IPA
- /hɔːʔăʃeːˈrɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Asherah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-a-she-RA
- phraseyour reading level
u-ne-vi-E ha-a-she-RA
- clause
ve-et-ne-vi-E ha-ba-AL ar-BA me-OT va-kha-mi-SHIM u-ne-vi-E ha-a-she-RA ar-BA me-OT o-khe-LE shul-KHAN i-za-VEL
- sentence
ve-a-TA she-LAKH ke-VOTS e-LAI et-KAL-yis-ra-EL el-HAR ha-kar-MEL ve-et-ne-vi-E ha-ba-AL ar-BA me-OT va-kha-mi-SHIM u-ne-vi-E ha-a-she-RA ar-BA me-OT o-khe-LE shul-KHAN i-za-VEL
Exegesis
A parallel u-nə-ḇiʾê hā-ʾašērāh {וּנְבִיאֵי הָאֲשֵׁרָה | u-nə-ḇiʾê hā-ʾašērāh} ‘prophets of Asherah’ is numbered by ʾarbaʿ mêʾōṯ {אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת | ʾarbaʿ mêʾōṯ} ‘four hundred’ (400).
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire”
In context — 1 Kings 18:19
So now, send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, and also the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:19:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 18:19, so the Hebrew word הָֽאֲשֵׁרָה֙ (haashera) 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.18.19.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.19.W14.S1) and character.