2 Kings 18:21:102 Kgs.18.21.W10TAB
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 yi-sa-MEKH ISH
- clause
a-TA hi-NE va-takh-TA le-KHA al-mi-she-E-net ha-ka-NE ha-ra-TSUTS ha-ZE al-mits-ra-YIM a-SHER yi-sa-MEKH ISH a-LAV u-VA ve-kha-PO u-ne-ka-VA
- sentence
a-TA hi-NE va-takh-TA le-KHA al-mi-she-E-net ha-ka-NE ha-ra-TSUTS ha-ZE al-mits-ra-YIM a-SHER yi-sa-MEKH ISH a-LAV u-VA ve-kha-PO u-ne-ka-VA KEN par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM le-khol-ha-bot-khim a-LAV
Exegesis
A relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă·šer} ‘which’ introduces a conditional Nifal imperfect yissamekh {יִסָּמֵךְ | yiṣ·sā·mekh} ‘he leans’, and the vav-consecutive perfects ū-va {וּבָא | ū·vā} ‘and comes’ and ū-neqavah {וּנְקָבָהּ | ū·neqā·vāh} ‘and it pierces’ describe the immediate consequence.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ר
“blessedness, pleasure”
In context — 2 Kings 18:21
Now, behold, you have trusted upon the staff of this broken reed; on Egypt, which, if a man leans upon it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust upon him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 18:21, 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.18.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.21.W10.S1) and character.