1 Samuel 13:8:61 Sam.13.8.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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 she-mu-EL
- clause
va-yi-KHAL va-yo-KHEL shiv-AT ya-MIM lam-mo-ED a-SHER she-mu-EL ve-LO-VA she-mu-EL ha-gil-GAL
- sentence
va-yi-KHAL va-yo-KHEL shiv-AT ya-MIM lam-mo-ED a-SHER she-mu-EL ve-LO-VA she-mu-EL ha-gil-GAL va-ya-FETS ha-AM me-la-AV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lamoʿed {לַמּוֹעֵד֙ | la·mō·ʿēḏ} ‘to the appointed time’ specifies a temporal boundary, linked by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă·šer} to Shmuʾel {שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל | šə·mū·ʾēl}.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:8
He waited seven days for the appointed time Samuel had set, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal , and the people scattered from him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 13:8, 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 Sam.13.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.8.W6.S1) and character.