1 Kings 21:25:41 Kgs.21.25.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“who or which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who or 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 hit-ma-KHER
- clause
RAK lo-HA-ya khe-akh-AV a-SHER hit-ma-KHER la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
RAK lo-HA-ya khe-akh-AV a-SHER hit-ma-KHER la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH a-sher-he-SAT-ta o-TO i-ze-VEL ish-TO
Exegesis
A relative clause signaled by ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ăšer} encloses the Hitpael perfect hitmaqqēr {הִתְמַכֵּ֔ר | hitmaqqēr} ‘sold himself,’ conveying reflexive intensification and linked to la‘ăšôt hāraʿ {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע | la‘ăšôt hāraʿ} ‘to do the evil,’ indicating purpose.
In context — 1 Kings 21:25
Surely there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD , whom his wife Jezebel incited .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 21:25, 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.21.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.25.W4.S1) and character.