2 Chronicles 7:22:82 Chr.7.22.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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 ho-tsi-AM
- clause
ve-a-me-RU AL a-SHER a-ze-VU et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM a-SHER ho-tsi-AM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM va-ya-kha-ZI-ku be-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM va-ya-av-DUM
- sentence
ve-a-me-RU AL a-SHER a-ze-VU et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM a-SHER ho-tsi-AM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM va-ya-kha-ZI-ku be-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM va-ya-av-DUM al-KEN he-VI a-le-HEM ET kal-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al asher {עַל אֲשֶׁר | ʿal ʾă-šer} marks “because that.”
The core relative clause azvu et YHWH Elohei avoteihem asher hotzi’am {עָזְבוּ אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר הוֹצִיאָם} combines Qal perfect + direct object marker + proper names + relative pronoun + Hiphil perfect to describe Israel’s abandonment of the covenant God.
Root and etymology
“fire”
In context — 2 Chronicles 7:22
And they will say, “Because they forsook the LORD their God , who brought them out from the land of Egypt and clung to other gods, bowing down and serving them; therefore He brought upon them all this disaster .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 7:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 7:22, 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.7.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.7.22.W8.S1) and character.