2 Kings 19:10:82 Kgs.19.10.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“whom or which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom 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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-TA
- clause
KO to-me-RUN el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA le-MOR al-yash-shi-a-KHA e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER a-TA bo-TE-akh BO le-MOR
- sentence
KO to-me-RUN el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA le-MOR al-yash-shi-a-KHA e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER a-TA bo-TE-akh BO le-MOR LO ti-na-TEN ye-ru-sha-LA-yim be-YAD ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The relative clause asher attah boteach bo {אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה בֹּטֵחַ בּ֖וֹ | ʾăšer ʾattāh bōtēaḥ bō} connects the agent Elohekha {אֱלֹהֶיךָ | ʾĕlōhêḵā} to the state of trusting.
In context — 2 Kings 19:10
Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, “Do not let your God whom you are trusting deceive you by saying, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 19:10, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.19.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.10.W8.S1) and character.