1 Samuel 17:1:71 Sam.17.1.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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 li-ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-ya-as-FU pe-lish-TIM et-ma-kha-ne-HEM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ye-as-FU so-KHO a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-ya-as-FU pe-lish-TIM et-ma-kha-ne-HEM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ye-as-FU so-KHO a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA va-ya-kha-NU BEN-so-KHO u-VEN-a-ze-KA be-E-fes da-MIM
Exegesis
The prepositional purpose clause la-milchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-miḥāmāh} clarifies the campaign’s aim, and the relative clause asher lihudah {אֲשֶׁר לִיהוּדָה | ʾāšer liḥūdāh} locates Socoh within Judah.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:1
The Philistines gathered their camps for battle ; they assembled at Socoh in Judah and set up camp between Socoh and Azekah at Efes Dammim.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 17:1, 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.17.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.1.W7.S1) and character.