1 Kings 21:18:61 Kgs.21.18.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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 be-sho-me-RON
- clause
KUM RED lik-RAT akh-AV ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL a-SHER be-sho-me-RON
- sentence
KUM RED lik-RAT akh-AV ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL a-SHER be-sho-me-RON hi-NE be-KHE-rem na-VOT a-sher-ya-RAD SHAM le-rish-TO
Exegesis
The relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘who’ plus prepositional phrase be-šōm-rōn {בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן | bə-šōm-rōn} ‘in Samaria’ locates him precisely.
In context — 1 Kings 21:18
Arise , go down to meet Ahab, king of Israel, who is in Samaria. Behold, he is in Naboth’s vineyard, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 21:18, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (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.21.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.18.W6.S1) and character.