2 Chronicles 21:7:82 Chr.21.7.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ka-RAT
- clause
ve-LO-A-VA ye-ho-VAH le-hash-KHIT et-BET da-VID le-MA-an ha-be-RIT a-SHER ka-RAT le-da-VID
- sentence
ve-LO-A-VA ye-ho-VAH le-hash-KHIT et-BET da-VID le-MA-an ha-be-RIT a-SHER ka-RAT le-da-VID ve-kha-a-SHER a-MAR la-TET LO NIR u-le-va-NAIV kol-ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The motive is introduced by lemaan haberit {לְמַעַן הַבְּרִית | lə-maʿan habbərîṯ} ‘for the sake of the covenant,’ and the relative clause asher karat ledavid {אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת לְדָוִד | ʾăšer kāraṯ lə-Dāwîḏ} specifies the covenantal commitment; although lamed can mean ‘to/for,’ with karat {כָּרַת | kāraṯ} it functions idiomatically for “making a covenant with” someone.
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:7
Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David, for the sake of the covenant that He made with David, and as He said, to give him a lamp and to his sons for all the days.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 21:7, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.21.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.7.W8.S1) and character.