2 Chronicles 12:13:182 Chr.12.13.W18TAB
אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַ֨ר
asherbakhar
“which he chose”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-ba-KHAR
- Extended
- ah-shehr-bah-KHAHr
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.baˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- which he chose
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-ba-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-khav-AM be-mal-KHO u-she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT
- sentence
va-yit-kha-ZEK ha-ME-lekh re-khav-AM bi-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yim-LOKH KI ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-khav-AM be-mal-KHO u-she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT
Exegesis
The relative clause bi-Yerušālayim hā-ʿîr ʼăšer bāḥar YHWH lāšûm ʼet šəmô šām {בִּירוּשָׁלִַם הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַר יְהוָה לָשׂוּם אֶת־שְׁמ֥וֹ שָׁם} combines choice (Qal perfect bāḥar) with purpose (Qal infinitive lāšûm) to emphasize divine selection of Jerusalem as cultic site.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–ḥet–resh
“to choose, select”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:13
And King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned, for he was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen to place His Name there from among all the tribes of Israel. The name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:13:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Chronicles 12:13, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַ֨ר (asherbakhar) 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 2 Chr.12.13.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.13.W18.S1) and character.