1 Kings 19:18:101 Kgs.19.18.W10TAB
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 lo-na-SHAK
- clause
kal-ha-bir-KA-yim a-SHER lo-kha-re-U la-BA-al ve-khal-ha-PE a-SHER lo-na-SHAK LO
- sentence
ve-hish-AR-ti be-yis-ra-EL shiv-AT a-la-FIM kal-ha-bir-KA-yim a-SHER lo-kha-re-U la-BA-al ve-khal-ha-PE a-SHER lo-na-SHAK LO
Exegesis
The distributive expression kol-habirkayim {כָּל־הַבִּרְכַּ֗יִם | kol-habbirkayyâym} ‘all the knees’ takes scope in the relative clause asher lo-karu {אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹא־כָרְעוּ֙ | ʾašer lō-kārəʿû} ‘that did not bow’, drawing a contrast between the faithful few and the idolatrous majority.
The parallel phrase vekol hapeh {וְכָל־הַפֶּה | wə-kol ha-p̄e} ‘and all the mouth’ is linked to the relative clause asher lo-nashaq {אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־נָשַׁק | ʾašer lō-nāšaḳ} ‘that did not kiss’, with lo {לוֹ | lo} ‘to him’ referring back to Baal. The interplay of narrative-future vav-consecutive and coordinated restrictive clauses structures a portrayal of the faithful remnant amid widespread apostasy.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Shin
“fire, flame”
In context — 1 Kings 19:18
But I will leave seven thousand in Israel—every knee that has not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 19:18, 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.19.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.18.W10.S1) and character.