2 Chronicles 21:6:52 Chr.21.6.W5TAB
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר
kaasher
“as”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-SHER
- Extended
- kah-ah-SHER
- IPA
- /ka.ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- as
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ka-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER a-SU
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh mal-KHE yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER a-SU BET a-khAV KI bat-a-khAV ha-ye-TA LO i-SHA
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh mal-KHE yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER a-SU BET a-khAV KI bat-a-khAV ha-ye-TA LO i-SHA va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The conjunction ka’asher {כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר | ka-’ă-šer} introduces moral comparison in ka’asher asu beit akhav {כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשׂוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֔ב | ka-’ă-šer ’ā-šû bēyt ’aḥ-’āv}, showing ethical mimicry.
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:6
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and he did evil in the eyes of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 21:6, so the Hebrew word כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (kaasher) 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.21.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.6.W5.S1) and character.