2 Chronicles 12:4:42 Chr.12.4.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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 li-ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-yil-KOD ET-a-RE ham-me-tsu-ROT a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yil-KOD ET-a-RE ham-me-tsu-ROT a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA va-ya-VO ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} specifies their belonging to Yehudah {יְהוּדָה | Yəhûḏāh}.
Root and etymology
ש־ר
“to rule”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:4
And he captured the fortified cities of Judah, and he came up to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 12:4, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (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 2 Chr.12.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.4.W4.S1) and character.