2 Kings 21:4:52 Kgs.21.4.W5TAB
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
a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH bi-ru-sha-LIM a-SIM et-she-MI
- sentence
u-va-NA miz-be-KHOT be-VEIT ye-ho-VAH a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH bi-ru-sha-LIM a-SIM et-she-MI
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introduces amar YHWH {אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה | ʾā-mar Yəhōwāh} ‘said the LORD’, presenting divine speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-r
“upright, blessed”
In context — 2 Kings 21:4
And he built altars in the house of the LORD , of which the LORD said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 21:4, 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.21.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.4.W5.S1) and character.