2 Chronicles 18:2:122 Chr.18.2.W12TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“who or which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who 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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER i-MO
- clause
va-ye-RED le-KETS sha-NIM el-a-KHAV le-shom-re-RON va-yiz-BAKH-lo a-KHAV TSON u-va-KAR la-ROV ve-la-AM a-SHER i-MO
- sentence
va-ye-RED le-KETS sha-NIM el-a-KHAV le-shom-re-RON va-yiz-BAKH-lo a-KHAV TSON u-va-KAR la-ROV ve-la-AM a-SHER i-MO va-ye-si-TE-hu la-a-LOT el-ra-MOT gil-AD
Exegesis
A relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} and the suffix immo {עִמּ֑וֹ | ʿimmô} ‘with him’ further defines the beneficiaries.
Root and etymology
s-rshin-resh
“prince, leader”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:2
After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria, and Ahab slaughtered sheep and cattle in abundance for him and the people with him; then he induced him to go up to Ramoth Gilead .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 18:2, 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.18.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.2.W12.S1) and character.