2 Chronicles 12:9:162 Chr.12.9.W16TAB
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 a-SA
- clause
va-yik-KAKH et-ma-gin-NE ha-za-HAV a-SHER a-SA she-lo-MO
- sentence
va-YA-al shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-KAKH et-o-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-o-tse-ROT BET ha-ME-lekh et-ha-KOL la-KAKH va-yik-KAKH et-ma-gin-NE ha-za-HAV a-SHER a-SA she-lo-MO
Exegesis
The final object, et-maginei hazahav {אֶת־מָגִנֵּי הַזָּהָב | ʾet-māginnê hazzāhāḇ} ‘the gold shields’, is further defined by the relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which/that’ plus asah {עָשָׂה | ʿāśâ} ‘he made’, attaching the loss specifically to Shelomoh {שְׁלֹמֹה | šəlōmōh} and intensifying the reversal: what once displayed royal glory is now spoil.
Root and etymology
ש־ר
“to rule”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:9
Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took the treasures of the house of the LORD , and the treasures of the king’s house; he took everything. He also took the gold shields that Solomon made.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:9:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 12:9, 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 2 Chr.12.9.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.9.W16.S1) and character.