1 Samuel 13:22:101 Sam.13.22.W10TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“who or that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who or that
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 et-sha-UL
- clause
ve-ha-YA be-YOM mil-khe-MET ve-LO nim-TSA KHE-rev va-kha-NIT be-YAD kol-ha-AM a-SHER et-sha-UL ve-et-yo-na-TAN
- sentence
ve-ha-YA be-YOM mil-khe-MET ve-LO nim-TSA KHE-rev va-kha-NIT be-YAD kol-ha-AM a-SHER et-sha-UL ve-et-yo-na-TAN va-tim-ma-TSE le-sha-UL u-le-yo-na-TAN be-NO
Exegesis
The possessive phrase be-yaḏ kol-hā-ʿām {בְּיַ֣ד כָּל־הָעָ֔ם | bə-yaḏ kol-hā-ʿām} ‘in the hand of all the people’ is qualified by the relative pronoun ʾă-šer {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer} ‘who.’
In context — 1 Samuel 13:22
And it came to pass on the day of battle that no sword or spear was found in the hand of all the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but it was found for Saul and for Jonathan his son.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:22:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 13:22, 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 Sam.13.22.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.22.W10.S1) and character.