2 Kings 16:3:112 Kgs.16.3.W11TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
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 ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-GAM et-be-NO he-e-VIR ba-ESH ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH o-TAM mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh mal-KHE yis-ra-EL ve-GAM et-be-NO he-e-VIR ba-ESH ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH o-TAM mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer hōriš YHWH ʾōṯām mipnē bənē yiśrāʾēl {אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יְהוָה אֹתָם מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | ʾăšer hōriš YHWH ʾōṯām mipnē bənē yiśrāʾēl} ‘which the LORD dispossessed from before the sons of Israel’ provides the causal-historical background, with the hiphil emphasizing divine agency in expulsion. English preserves the Hebrew narrative sequence and clause structure.
In context — 2 Kings 16:3
He walked in the way of the kings of Israel and also made his son pass through the fire like the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 16:3, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֨ר (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.16.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.3.W11.S1) and character.