2 Kings 20:18:22 Kgs.20.18.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“who or which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who 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 ye-tsE-U mim-me-KHA
- clause
u-mi-ba-NE-kha a-SHER ye-tsE-U mim-me-KHA a-SHER to-LID yi-KHAKH yik-KA-khu
- sentence
u-mi-ba-NE-kha a-SHER ye-tsE-U mim-me-KHA a-SHER to-LID yi-KHAKH yik-KA-khu ve-ha-YU sa-ri-SIM be-he-KHAL ME-lekh ba-VEL
Exegesis
The first relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} clause introduces yetse’u {יֵצְא֧וּ | yē-ṣə-’û} ‘will come out’, marking a future departure; a second asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} clause with tolid {תּוֹלִיד | tô-lîd} ‘you will beget’ defines those sons, creating nested relatives that emphasize personal loss.
In context — 2 Kings 20:18
And from your sons whom you will beget and who will come forth from you, some will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 20:18, 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.20.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.18.W2.S1) and character.