2 Kings 17:9:42 Kgs.17.9.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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 lo-KHEN
- clause
va-ye-kha-PE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL de-va-RIM a-SHER lo-KHEN al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem
- sentence
va-ye-kha-PE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL de-va-RIM a-SHER lo-KHEN al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-yiv-NU la-HEM ba-MOT be-khol-a-re-HEM mim-mig-DAL no-tse-RIM ad-IR miv-TSAR
Exegesis
The noun devarim {דְּבָרִים֙ | də-ḇā-rîm} ‘matters’ introduces the relative clause asher lo-ken {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־כֵן | ’ă-šer lō kên} ‘that were not right.’
Root and etymology
ʾ-sh-r
“Asherah-pole, wooden cult object”
In context — 2 Kings 17:9
And the sons of Israel acted in secret and did things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchmen’s tower to the fortified city.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 17:9, 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.17.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.9.W4.S1) and character.