2 Chronicles 33:3:42 Chr.33.3.W4TAB
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 ni-TATS
- clause
va-ya-SHAV va-yi-VEN et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER ni-TATS ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu a-VIV
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV va-yi-VEN et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER ni-TATS ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu a-VIV va-ya-KEM miz-be-KHOT lab-be-a-LIM va-ya-AS a-she-ROT va-yish-ta-KHU le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-a-VOD o-TAM
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} introduces the clause linking these sites to those his father had demolished (nittatz {נִתַּץ | niṭṭas̱}).
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ר
“grove, pole”
In context — 2 Chronicles 33:3
And he returned and rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had demolished, and he erected altars to the Baals and made Asherahs. He bowed down to all the host of the heavens and served them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 33:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 33:3, 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.33.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.33.3.W4.S1) and character.