2 Kings 21:2:72 Kgs.21.2.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁר֙
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
- clause
ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mi-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mi-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The relative clause asher horish YHWH {אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יְהוָה | ’ă·šer hô·rîš Yəhōwāh} “which the LORD drove out” attributes Israel’s inheritance to divine agency.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-r
“upright, blessed”
In context — 2 Kings 21:2
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD , like the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out from before the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 21:2, 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.21.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.2.W7.S1) and character.