2 Chronicles 2:6:132 Chr.2.6.W13TABWLC 2 Chronicles 2:5
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER e-VE-ne-LO va-YIT
- clause
u-MI a-NI a-SHER e-VE-ne-LO va-YIT KI im-le-hak-TIR le-fa-NAV
- sentence
u-MI ya-a-TSAR-KO-akh li-ve-NOT-LO va-YIT KI ha-sha-MA-yim u-she-ME ha-sha-MA-yim LO ye-khal-ke-LU-hu u-MI a-NI a-SHER e-VE-ne-LO va-YIT KI im-le-hak-TIR le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The verse returns to the interrogative umi aní asher evneh-lo {וּמִי אֲנִי אֲשֶׁר אֶבְנֶה-לוֹ | ūmî ʾănî ʾă·šer ʾĕv·nēh-lō} “and who am I that I should build for him,” contrasting divine majesty with human humility.
In context — 2 Chronicles 2:6
But who has the strength to build a house for Him , since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? And who am I that I should build a house for Him except to burn incense before Him?
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 2:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 2:6, 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.2.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.2.6.W13.S1) and character.