1 Samuel 20:37:51 Sam.20.37.W5TAB
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 ya-RA
- clause
va-ya-BO ha-NA-ar ad-me-KOM ha-KHE-tsi a-SHER ya-RA ye-ho-NA-tan
- sentence
va-ya-BO ha-NA-ar ad-me-KOM ha-KHE-tsi a-SHER ya-RA ye-ho-NA-tan va-yik-RA ye-ho-NA-tan a-kha-RE ha-NA-ar va-yo-MER ha-lo-O ha-KHE-tsi mim-me-KHA va-ha-le-A
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer yārāh yəhōnāṯān {אֲשֶׁר יָרָה יְהוֹנָתָן | ʾăšer yārāh yəhōnāṯān} ‘which Jonathan had shot’ locates the arrow as a reference point.
In context — 1 Samuel 20:37
And the boy came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, and Jonathan called to the boy and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:37:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 20:37, 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.20.37.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.37.W5.S1) and character.