1 Kings 18:26:191 Kgs.18.26.W19TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-SA
- clause
va-ye-fas-KHU al-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER a-SA
- sentence
va-yik-KHU ET-ha-PAR a-SHER-na-TAN la-HEM va-ya-a-SU va-yik-re-U ve-SHEM-ha-BA-al me-ha-BO-ker ve-ad-ha-tso-ha-RA-yim le-MOR ha-BA-al a-NE-nu ve-EN KOL ve-EN o-NE va-ye-fas-KHU al-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER a-SA
Exegesis
The relative clause ’ăšer ‘āśāh {אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה | ’ăšer ‘āśāh} ‘that they had made’ anchors the action to the assembled altar.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire”
In context — 1 Kings 18:26
So they took the bull that had been given to them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from the morning until the noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice or response. Then they limped on the altar that they had made.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:26:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Kings 18:26, 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.18.26.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.26.W19.S1) and character.