1 Samuel 14:1:131 Sam.14.1.W13TAB
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
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
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-YOM va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN ben-sha-UL el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ber-RA el-ma-TSAV pe-li-SHTIM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-LAZ
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-YOM va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN ben-sha-UL el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ber-RA el-ma-TSAV pe-li-SHTIM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-LAZ u-le-a-VIV LO hi-GID
Exegesis
Motion is directed toward ʾel maṣṣāb pəlišitm {אֶל־מַצַּ֣ב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | ʾel maṣ-sā̆b pə-li-šî-tîm} ‘to the Philistine outpost’, with the relative clause ʾăšer mêʿêber hal-lāz {אֲשֶׁ֖ר מֵעֵ֣בֶר הַלָּ֑ז | ʾă-šer mê-ʿê-ber hal-lā̆z} ‘which is beyond here’ marking location.
Root and etymology
ש-ר-רš-r-r
“to rule, command”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:1
And it happened on a certain day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man bearing his weapons, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of the Philistines that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 14:1, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֖ר (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.14.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.1.W13.S1) and character.