1 Samuel 18:5:41 Sam.18.5.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“which or that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which or that
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
be-KHOL a-SHER yish-la-KHE-nu sha-UL
- clause
va-ye-TSE da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER yish-la-KHE-nu sha-UL yas-KEEL va-ye-si-ME-hu sha-UL AL an-SHE ha-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-ye-TSE da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER yish-la-KHE-nu sha-UL yas-KEEL va-ye-si-ME-hu sha-UL AL an-SHE ha-mil-kha-MA va-yi-TAV be-e-NE KAL-ha-AM ve-GAM be-e-NE av-DE sha-UL
Exegesis
The relative particle asher {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾăšer} introduces the subordinate clause specifying the scope of Saul’s commissions expressed by yišlāḥehennu {יִשְׁלָחֶ֤נּוּ | yišlāḥehennu} ‘he sent him’.
Root and etymology
š-r-rShin–Resh–Resh
“ruler, commander”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:5
And David went out wherever Saul sent him and acted wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war , and he was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of Saul’s servants.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 18:5, 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.18.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.5.W4.S1) and character.