1 Kings 20:19:81 Kgs.20.19.W8TAB
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-kha-re-HEM
- clause
ve-ha-kha-YIL a-SHER a-kha-re-HEM
- sentence
ve-E-leh ya-tse-U min-ha-IIR na-a-RE sa-RE ham-me-di-NOT ve-ha-kha-YIL a-SHER a-kha-re-HEM
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} introduces a restricting clause linking “the army” to its preceding cohort. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew order to maintain clarity of military hierarchy and sequence.
Root and etymology
s-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Kings 20:19
And these went out from the city—the young men of the chiefs of the provinces and the army that followed them.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 20:19, 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.20.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.19.W8.S1) and character.