2 Kings 13:12:72 Kgs.13.12.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER nil-KHAM
- clause
veh-YEH-ter div-REE yo-ASH veh-KHOL-ah-SHER a-SA oo-geh-voo-raa-TO a-SHER nil-KHAM IM a-mats-YA MEH-lekh-yeh-HOO-dah
- sentence
veh-YEH-ter div-REE yo-ASH veh-KHOL-ah-SHER a-SA oo-geh-voo-raa-TO a-SHER nil-KHAM IM a-mats-YA MEH-lekh-yeh-HOO-dah ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-REE ha-ya-MIM leh-mal-KHEE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The repeated relative marker asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾăšer} introduces an explanatory relative clause that specifies how that “might” was displayed, namely through nilkham {נִלְחַ֔ם | nilḥam} ‘he fought’ with/against a named opponent, producing a compact résumé of military activity.
Root and etymology
aleph-shin-reshaleph–shin–resh
“upright pole”
In context — 2 Kings 13:12
And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 13:12, 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 Kgs.13.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.12.W7.S1) and character.