2 Kings 21:12:112 Kgs.21.12.W11TAB
אֲשֶׁר֙
asher
“which, that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which, that
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
a-SHER KAL-she-ma-AV SHO-me-A tits-tsal-NA shte oz-NA-v
- sentence
la-KHEN KO-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hin-NE me-VI ra-A al-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim vi-ye-hu-DA a-SHER KAL-she-ma-AV SHO-me-A tits-tsal-NA shte oz-NA-v
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾǎ-šer} ‘which’ introduces the result clause where the construct chain kol-shomeah {כָּל-שֹׁמְעָהּ | kol-šō-mə-ʿāh} ‘all who hear of it’ serves as the subject of the Niphal imperfect titstsalenah {תִּצַּלְנָה | tit-tsalə-nāh} ‘will tingle.’
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-r
“upright, blessed”
In context — 2 Kings 21:12
Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel : Behold, I am bringing disaster upon Jerusalem and Judah so that all who hear of it will have both ears tingle.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 21:12, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֙ (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.21.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.12.W11.S1) and character.