2 Kings 17:14:72 Kgs.17.14.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁר֙
asher
“who or which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who or 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-yak-SHU et-A-re-PAM ke-O-ref a-vo-TAM a-SHER LO he-e-mi-NU ba-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-HEM
- sentence
ve-LO sha-ME-u va-yak-SHU et-A-re-PAM ke-O-ref a-vo-TAM a-SHER LO he-e-mi-NU ba-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-HEM
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’ and the Hiphil perfect verb he’eminu {הֶאֱמִינוּ | he-ʾĕ-mī-nû} ‘they trusted’ underscores active unbelief.
Root and etymology
ʾ-sh-r
“Asherah-pole, wooden cult object”
In context — 2 Kings 17:14
But they did not listen and stiffened their neck like the neck of their fathers, who did not trust in the LORD their God .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 17:14, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֙ (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.17.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.14.W7.S1) and character.