אֲשֶׁ֣ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר

   a-SHER

   which
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּֽרָה־לוֹ֮

   a-SHER ka-RA-lo

   which he dug out for himself or for him
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ בְקִבְרֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּֽרָה־לוֹ֮ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִיד֒ וַיַּשְׁכִּיבֻ֗הוּ בַּמִּשְׁכָּב֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִלֵּא֙ בְּשָׂמִ֣ים וּזְנִ֔ים מְרֻקָּחִ֖ים בְּמִרְקַ֣חַת מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה

   va-yik-be-RU-hu ve-kiv-ro-TAV a-SHER ka-RA-lo be-IR da-VID va-yash-ki-VU-hu ba-mish-KAV a-SHER mi-LE be-sa-MIM u-ze-NIM me-ru-ka-KHIM be-mir-ka-KHAT ma-a-SE

   and they buried him in his tombs which he dug out for himself or for him in the city of David and they laid him on the couch which he filled with spices and kinds or sorts mixed or compounded in a mixture or in a compound work of
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ בְקִבְרֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּֽרָה־לוֹ֮ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִיד֒ וַיַּשְׁכִּיבֻ֗הוּ בַּמִּשְׁכָּב֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִלֵּא֙ בְּשָׂמִ֣ים וּזְנִ֔ים מְרֻקָּחִ֖ים בְּמִרְקַ֣חַת מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ־ל֥וֹ שְׂרֵפָ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה עַד־לִמְאֹֽד׃

   va-yik-be-RU-hu ve-kiv-ro-TAV a-SHER ka-RA-lo be-IR da-VID va-yash-ki-VU-hu ba-mish-KAV a-SHER mi-LE be-sa-MIM u-ze-NIM me-ru-ka-KHIM be-mir-ka-KHAT ma-a-SE va-yis-re-FU-lo se-RE-fa ge-do-LA ad-li-me-OD

   and they buried him in his tombs which he dug out for himself or for him in the city of David and they laid him on the couch which he filled with spices and kinds or sorts mixed or compounded in a mixture or in a compound work of and they burned for him a burning great unto very much or exceedingly

Exegesis

The locative phrase bekivrotav {בְקִבְרֹתָיו | bə-qivrō-ṯāv} ‘in his tombs’ is modified by a relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ă-šer} ‘which’ and the perfect verb qaralo {כָּרָה־לוֹ | qā-rā-lō} ‘he had dug for himself’, specifying his personal provision.