אֲשֶׁ֣ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר

   a-SHER

   that
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עַ֣ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֗וּ

   AL a-SHER lo-SHA-me-U

   because of that they did not listen
3. clause🔊 עַ֣ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֗וּ בְּקוֹל֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם וַיַּעַבְרוּ֙ אֶת־בְּרִית֔וֹ אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֔ה מֹשֶׁ֖ה עֶ֣בֶד יְהוָ֑ה

   AL a-SHER lo-SHA-me-U be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-av-RE-U et-be-ri-TO ET kal-a-SHER tsi-VA mo-SHE E-ved Ye-ho-VAH

   because of that they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and they transgressed {direct object} his covenant {direct object marker} all that he commanded Moses servant of the LORD
4. sentence🔊 עַ֣ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֗וּ בְּקוֹל֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם וַיַּעַבְרוּ֙ אֶת־בְּרִית֔וֹ אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֔ה מֹשֶׁ֖ה עֶ֣בֶד יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ וְלֹ֥א עָשֽׂוּ׃

   AL a-SHER lo-SHA-me-U be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-av-RE-U et-be-ri-TO ET kal-a-SHER tsi-VA mo-SHE E-ved Ye-ho-VAH ve-LO SHA-me-U ve-LO A-SU

   because of that they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and they transgressed {direct object} his covenant {direct object marker} all that he commanded Moses servant of the LORD and not they listened and not they did

Exegesis

The relative pronoun asher lo sham‘ū {אֲשֶׁר לֹא שָׁמְעוּ | ʾă-šer lōʾ šā-me-ʾū} ‘that they did not obey’ with the prepositional phrase be-qōl YHWH elōhêhem {בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם | bə-qōl Yəhōwāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem} ‘in the voice of the LORD their God’ establishes the grounds for judgment.

The double object marker ʾēt {אֶת | ʾēṯ} frames bərîtō and kol ’ăšer ṣivvāh Mōšē ʿeḇeḏ YHWH {כָּל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד יְהוָה | kol ʾăšer ṣiv-vāh Mō-šē ʿe-ḇeḏ Yəhōwāh}, marking the full extent of disobedience.

Root and etymology

א־שׁ־ר🔊 ʾ-š-r

“blessedness, pleasure”

• 🔊 אֲשֵׁרִיםʾăšērîmAsherah poles1 Kings 14:23