1 Kings 21:19:161 Kgs.21.19.W16TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“where”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- where
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 la-ke-KU ha-ke-la-VIM
- clause
ve-dib-BAR-ta e-LAV le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH bim-KOM a-SHER la-ke-KU ha-ke-la-VIM et-DAM na-VOT ya-lo-KU ha-ke-la-VIM et-da-me-KHA gam-a-TA
- sentence
ve-dib-BAR-ta e-LAV le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH ha-ra-TSHAKH-ta ve-gam-ya-RASH-ta ve-dib-BAR-ta e-LAV le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH bim-KOM a-SHER la-ke-KU ha-ke-la-VIM et-DAM na-VOT ya-lo-KU ha-ke-la-VIM et-da-me-KHA gam-a-TA
Exegesis
The prophetic gaze then shifts to a poetic result clause in bimkom asher lakku hakelavim {בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר לָקְק֤וּ הַכְּלָבִים | bə-mi-qōm ʼă-šer lā-qə-qû ha-ke-lā-vı̂m} ‘in the place where the dogs licked’, coupling perfect and imperfect verbs to underscore divine retribution.
In context — 1 Kings 21:19
And you shall speak to him, saying, “Thus says the LORD : ‘Have you murdered and also taken possession?’” And you shall speak to him, saying, “Thus says the LORD: ‘In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, the dogs will lick your blood.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:19:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 21:19, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֨ר (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.21.19.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.19.W16.S1) and character.