1 Samuel 16:7:121 Sam.16.7.W12TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
asher
“as what or how”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- as what or how
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 yir-E
- clause
KI LO a-SHER yir-E ha-a-DAM KI ha-a-DAM yir-E la-e-NA-yim va-ye-ho-VAH yir-E lal-le-VAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL al-ta-BET el-mar-E-hu ve-el-ge-VO-ah ko-ma-TO KI me-as-TI-hu KI LO a-SHER yir-E ha-a-DAM KI ha-a-DAM yir-E la-e-NA-yim va-ye-ho-VAH yir-E lal-le-VAV
In context — 1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for the human does not see as mortals see, for they look at the outward, but the LORD sees to the heart .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 16:7, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֤ר (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.16.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.7.W12.S1) and character.