1 Samuel 15:16:81 Sam.15.16.W8TAB
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
ET a-SHER di-BER ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-sha-UL HE-ref ve-a-gi-DA le-KHA ET a-SHER di-BER ye-ho-VAH e-LAI ha-LAI-la
- sentence
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-sha-UL HE-ref ve-a-gi-DA le-KHA ET a-SHER di-BER ye-ho-VAH e-LAI ha-LAI-la va-yo-MER LO da-BER
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֵת | ʼet} frames the following relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʼašēr}, which introduces the content of the divine message.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:16
And Samuel said to Saul, "Cease and let me tell you what the LORD spoke to me last night." And he said to him, "Speak."
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 15:16, 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.15.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.16.W8.S1) and character.