1 Samuel 23:13:91 Sam.23.13.W9TAB
בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר
baasher
“where”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-SHER
- Extended
- bah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /baʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- where
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ba-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
ba-a-SHER yit-he-ha-LA-khu
- clause
va-ya-KAM da-VID va-a-na-SHAI-v ke-SHESH-me-OT ISH va-ye-TSU mik-ke-la va-yit-he-ha-le-KHU ba-a-SHER yit-he-ha-LA-khu
- sentence
va-ya-KAM da-VID va-a-na-SHAI-v ke-SHESH-me-OT ISH va-ye-TSU mik-ke-la va-yit-he-ha-le-KHU ba-a-SHER yit-he-ha-LA-khu u-le-sha-UL hu-GAD ki-nim-LAT da-VID mik-ke-i-LA va-ye-KHED-dal la-TSET
Exegesis
The relative clause baasher yithallaku {בַּאֲשֶׁר יִתְהַלָּכוּ | ba-ʾă-šer yiṯ-hal-lā-ḵû} establishes an unrestricted spatial domain.
In context — 1 Samuel 23:13
So David and his men , about six hundred, rose up and left Keilah, going wherever they were able. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he stopped going out.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 23:13, so the Hebrew word בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (baasher) 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.23.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.13.W9.S1) and character.