2 Chronicles 17:10:72 Chr.17.10.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
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
- clause
va-ye-HI PA-khad Ye-ho-VAH AL kal-mam-le-KHOT ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER se-vi-VOT ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-ye-HI PA-khad Ye-ho-VAH AL kal-mam-le-KHOT ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER se-vi-VOT ye-hu-DA ve-LO nil-kha-MU im-ye-ho-sha-FAT
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾă·še·r} ‘that’ introduces a restrictive clause modifying sevivot {סְבִיב֣וֹת | sĕ·vî·bōṯ} ‘surrounding’ Yehudah {יְהוּדָ֑ה | yĕ·hū·ḏāh} ‘Judah’.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Shin–Resh
“sacred pole, tree”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:10
And the terror of the LORD was upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, and they did not fight with Jehoshaphat.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 17:10, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֖ר (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.17.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.10.W7.S1) and character.