2 Kings 21:15:102 Kgs.21.15.W10TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ya-TSE-u a-vo-TAM
- clause
min-ha-YOM a-SHER ya-TSE-u a-vo-TAM mim-mits-ra-YIM ve-AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
YA-an a-SHER a-SU et-ha-RA be-e-NAI va-yih-YU makh-e-si-SIM o-TI min-ha-YOM a-SHER ya-TSE-u a-vo-TAM mim-mits-ra-YIM ve-AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher¹ {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ăšer} introduces the clause with the perfect verb asu {עָשׂ֤וּ | ʿāśû} ‘they did’, where the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks hara {הָרַע֙ | hāraʿ} ‘evil’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-r
“upright, blessed”
In context — 2 Kings 21:15
Because they have done the evil in My eyes, and they have been provoking Me from the day their fathers went out from Egypt until this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 21:15, 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.21.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.15.W10.S1) and character.