1 Samuel 20:23:21 Sam.20.23.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
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 dib-BAR-nu
- clause
ve-had-DAVAR a-SHER dib-BAR-nu a-NI va-a-TA
- sentence
ve-had-DAVAR a-SHER dib-BAR-nu a-NI va-a-TA hin-NE ye-ho-VAH be-NI u-VE-ne-TA ad-O-lam
Exegesis
The noun phrase ha-davar {הַדָּבָר | haddā·ḇār} ‘the matter’ is modified by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʼă·šer} ‘that’, introducing the clause dibarta {דִּבַּרְתָּ | dib·bār·tā} ‘you have spoken’ (Qal perfect second person masculine singular), which takes the prepositional object imadi {עִמָּדִי | ʼim·mā·ḏî} ‘with me’.
In context — 1 Samuel 20:23
And concerning the matter that you have spoken with me, let the LORD be a witness between you and me forever.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 20:23, 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.20.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.23.W2.S1) and character.