אֲשֶׁ֣ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר

   a-SHER

   which or that
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶחֱטִ֣יא אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔ה

   a-SHER he-khe-TI et-ye-hu-DA

   which or that he caused to sin {direct object marker} Judah
3. clause🔊 לְבַ֤ד מֵֽחַטָּאתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶחֱטִ֣יא אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

   le-VAD me-kha-ta-TO a-SHER he-khe-TI et-ye-hu-DA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH

   apart from or besides from his sin which or that he caused to sin {direct object marker} Judah to do the evil in the eyes of the LORD
4. sentence🔊 וְגַם֩ דָּ֨ם נָקִ֜י שָׁפַ֤ךְ מְנַשֶּׁה֙ הַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֔ד עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־מִלֵּ֥א אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם פֶּ֣ה לָפֶ֑ה לְבַ֤ד מֵֽחַטָּאתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶחֱטִ֣יא אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

   ve-GAM DAM na-KI sha-FAKH me-na-SHE har-BE me-OD AD a-SHER-mil-LE et-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim PE la-FE le-VAD me-kha-ta-TO a-SHER he-khe-TI et-ye-hu-DA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH

   and also blood innocent he poured out or shed Manasseh much or many very until that he filled {direct object marker} Jerusalem mouth to mouth or to edge apart from or besides from his sin which or that he caused to sin {direct object marker} Judah to do the evil in the eyes of the LORD

Exegesis

The clause begins with vegam {וְגַם | wə-ḡam} ‘and also,’ adding emphasis to the continuation of wrongdoing; shafakh {שָׁפַךְ | šāphaḵ} ‘he poured out’ takes its object before the verb to highlight the violence; the intensifier harbeh meod {הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד | harbê məʼōḏ} ‘very much’ amplifies the atrocity; the prepositional phrase ad asher mille et yerushalayim pe lāp̄eh {עַד אֲשֶׁר־מִלֵּא אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם פֶּה לָפֶה | ʿad ʼăšer milêʼ ʼet yərûšālayim pe lāp̄eh} ‘until he filled Jerusalem from end to end’ uses a spatial idiom conveying total saturation; the phrase mechattaoto {מֵחַטָּאתוֹ | mēḥaṭṭātô} ‘from his sin’ marks the basis for condemnation; hecheti {הֶחֱטִיא | heḥeṭṭīʼ} ‘he caused to sin’ frames Manasseh as instigator of Judah’s transgression; and the infinitive laasot hara baeinei YHWH {לַעֲשׂוֹת הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה | laʿăśôt hārāʿ bə-ʻēnê YHWH} ‘to do evil in the eyes of YHWH’ employs the Deuteronomistic evaluation formula.

Root and etymology

ʾ-š-r🔊 א־ש־ר

“upright, blessed”