2 Kings 19:16:132 Kgs.19.16.W13TAB
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 she-la-KHO
- clause
u-she-MA ET div-RE san-khe-RIV a-SHER she-la-KHO le-kha-REF e-lo-HIM KHAI
- sentence
ha-TE ye-ho-VAH oz-ne-KHA u-she-MA pe-KAKH ye-ho-VAH e-NE-kha u-re-E u-she-MA ET div-RE san-khe-RIV a-SHER she-la-KHO le-kha-REF e-lo-HIM KHAI
Exegesis
The relative clause asher shelakho lekharef Elohim chai {אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ לְחָרֵף אֱלֹהִים חָי} specifies that these words were sent “to reproach the living God,” coupling contempt with affirmation of God’s vitality. The repetition of imperatives and parallel structure in English mirrors the Hebrew’s rhetorical force.
In context — 2 Kings 19:16
Bend Your ear, O LORD , and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib which he has sent to reproach the living God .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 19:16, 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.19.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.16.W13.S1) and character.