1 Samuel 16:19:101 Sam.16.19.W10TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
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 ba-TSON
- clause
va-yo-MER shil-KHA e-LAI et-da-VID bin-KHA a-SHER ba-TSON
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-yi-SHAI va-yo-MER shil-KHA e-LAI et-da-VID bin-KHA a-SHER ba-TSON
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘who’ modifies David and links to the locative batson {בַּצֹּאן | baṣṣōʾn} ‘in the flock’. In English, this becomes a postpositive clause—“your son David, who is with the sheep”—to conform to natural word order.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:19
Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send to me David your son, who is among the sheep .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:19:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 16:19, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.16.19.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.19.W10.S1) and character.