1 Samuel 14:4:31 Sam.14.4.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
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 bik-KESH yo-na-TAN
- clause
u-VEIN ham-ma-VE-rot a-SHER bik-KESH yo-na-TAN la-a-VOR al-ma-TSAV pe-lish-TIM shen-has-SE-la me-ha-E-ver miz-ZE ve-shen-has-SE-la me-ha-E-ver miz-ZE
- sentence
u-VEIN ham-ma-VE-rot a-SHER bik-KESH yo-na-TAN la-a-VOR al-ma-TSAV pe-lish-TIM shen-has-SE-la me-ha-E-ver miz-ZE ve-shen-has-SE-la me-ha-E-ver miz-ZE ve-SHEM ha-e-KHAD bo-TSETS ve-SHEM ha-e-KHAD SE-ne
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ introduces the clause describing Jonathan’s intent, where the verb bikesh {בִּקֵּ֤שׁ | bik-keš} ‘sought’ with the infinitive construct la‘avor {לַֽעֲבֹר֙ | la-‘ā-vōr} ‘to cross’ and the preposition al-matsev {עַל־מַצַּ֣ב | ʿal-maṭ-ṣēb} ‘over the outpost’ governs the proper noun Pelishtim {פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | Pe-lish-tīm} ‘Philistines’ as its object.
Root and etymology
ש-ר-רš-r-r
“to rule, command”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:4
And between the passes that Jonathan sought to cross to the Philistine outpost, there was a rock promontory on one side and another on the other; the one was called Bozez, and the other was called Seneh.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:4, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֨ר (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.14.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.4.W3.S1) and character.