1 Samuel 14:17:41 Sam.14.17.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 i-TO
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL la-AM a-SHER i-TO pik-DU-na u-re-U MI ha-LAKH me-im-MA-nu
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL la-AM a-SHER i-TO pik-DU-na u-re-U MI ha-LAKH me-im-MA-nu va-yif-ke-DU ve-hin-NE EN yo-na-TAN ve-no-SE ke-LAV
Exegesis
The indirect object la'am {לָעָם | lā-‘ām} ‘to the people’ is further defined by the relative clause asher itto {אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ | ’ă-šer ’it-tō} ‘who were with him.’
Root and etymology
ש-ר-רš-r-r
“to rule, command”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:17
And Saul said to the people who were with him, “Please muster and see who has departed from among us.” So they mustered, and behold, Jonathan was not there, nor his armor-bearer .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 14:17, 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.14.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.17.W4.S1) and character.