2 Kings 18:17:212 Kgs.18.17.W21TAB
אֲשֶׁ֕ר
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
- clause
va-ya-a-LU va-ya-BO-u ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-ya-a-LU va-ya-BO-u va-ya-am-DU bit-a-LAT ha-be-re-KHA ha-e-lyo-NA a-SHER bim-si-LAT se-DE kho-VES
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-tar-TAN ve-et-rav-sa-RIS ve-et-rav-sha-KE min-la-KHISH el-ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu be-KHEIL ka-VED ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-ya-a-LU va-ya-BO-u ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-ya-a-LU va-ya-BO-u va-ya-am-DU bit-a-LAT ha-be-re-KHA ha-e-lyo-NA a-SHER bim-si-LAT se-DE kho-VES
Exegesis
The locative biṭ-‘ā-lat ha-breikha hā-‘elyonāh ’ăšer bi-me-sillat sede kōbēs {בִּתְעָלַת הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הָֽעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר בִּמְסִלַּ֖ת שְׂדֵה כוֹבֵֽס | biṭ-‘ā-lat ha-breikha hā-‘elyonāh ’ăšer bi-me-sillat sede kōbēs} ‘at the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the Washerman’s Field’ uses nested locative constructions and a relative clause to pinpoint the site. English word order preserves these syntactic emphases.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ר
“blessedness, pleasure”
In context — 2 Kings 18:17
Then the king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rav-saris, and Rav-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem, and when they ascended and arrived, they stood at the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washerman’s Field .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:17:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 2 Kings 18:17, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֕ר (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.18.17.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.17.W21.S1) and character.