2 Chronicles 32:3:72 Chr.32.3.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
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
- clause
va-yi-va-ATS im-sa-ra-V ve-gi-bo-RAV lis-TOM et-me-ME ha-a-ya-NOT a-SHER mi-KHUTS la-IR
- sentence
va-yi-va-ATS im-sa-ra-V ve-gi-bo-RAV lis-TOM et-me-ME ha-a-ya-NOT a-SHER mi-KHUTS la-IR va-ya-ez-ru-HU
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} ‘which’ is further qualified by the locative phrase michuts la‘ir {מִחוּץ לָעִיר | miḥûṣ lā’îr} ‘outside the city’, giving geographic context.
Root and etymology
ש־ר־ר
“prince, ruler, commander”
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:3
And he consulted with his officials and his mighty men to block the waters of the springs which are outside the city, and they helped him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 32:3, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֖ר (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.32.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.3.W7.S1) and character.