2 Chronicles 18:15:82 Chr.18.15.W8TAB
אֲ֠שֶׁר
asher
“that or which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that or 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
a-SHER lo-te-da-BER e-LAI rak-e-MET be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV ha-ME-lekh ad-ka-ME pe-a-MIM a-NI mash-bi-E-kha a-SHER lo-te-da-BER e-LAI rak-e-MET be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative particle ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} introduces the content clause led by the negated Piel imperfect lo-tedabber {לֹא־תְדַבֵּר | lōʾ tēḏabber} ‘you will not speak,’ qualified by the adverb raq-emet {רַק־אֱמֶת | raqqeʾmet} ‘only truth.’
Root and etymology
s-rshin-resh
“prince, leader”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:15
And the king said to him, “How many times must I put you under oath to speak only the truth to me in the name of the LORD ?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 18:15, so the Hebrew word אֲ֠שֶׁר (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.18.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.15.W8.S1) and character.