1 Samuel 14:45:61 Sam.14.45.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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 a-SA
- clause
va-yo-MER ha-AM el-sha-UL ha-yo-na-TAN ya-MUT a-SHER a-SA ha-ye-shu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT be-yis-ra-EL kha-li-LA khai-ye-ho-VAH im-yip-POL mi-sa-a-RAT ro-SHO AR-tsa ki-im-e-lo-HIM a-SA ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-AM el-sha-UL ha-yo-na-TAN ya-MUT a-SHER a-SA ha-ye-shu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT be-yis-ra-EL kha-li-LA khai-ye-ho-VAH im-yip-POL mi-sa-a-RAT ro-SHO AR-tsa ki-im-e-lo-HIM a-SA ha-YOM ha-ZE va-yif-DU ha-AM et-yo-na-TAN ve-lo-MET
Exegesis
A relative clause with ʾă-šer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} “who” and perfect ʿā-śāh {עָשָׂה | ʿā-śāh} describes his deed, hǎ-ye-šû-ʿāh ha-ge-ḏō-lāh ha-zōʾṯ bə-yis-rā-ʾēl {הַיְשׁוּעָה הַגְּדוֹלָה הַזֹּאת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל | hǎ-ye-šû-ʿāh ha-ge-ḏō-lāh ha-zōʾṯ bə-yis-rā-ʾēl} “has accomplished this great deliverance in Israel.”
Root and etymology
ש-ר-רš-r-r
“to rule, command”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:45
But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Never! As the LORD lives, not even one hair of his head will drop to the ground, for today he acted with God .” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:45:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 14:45, 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.14.45.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.45.W6.S1) and character.