2 Kings 21:7:162 Kgs.21.7.W16TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ba-KHAR-ti
- clause
ba-BA-yit a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH el-da-VID ve-el-she-lo-MO be-NO ba-BA-yit ha-ZE u-vi-ru-sha-LA-im a-SHER ba-KHAR-ti mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-SIM et-she-MI le-o-LAM
- sentence
va-ya-SEM et-PE-sel ha-a-she-RA a-SHER a-SA ba-BA-yit a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH el-da-VID ve-el-she-lo-MO be-NO ba-BA-yit ha-ZE u-vi-ru-sha-LA-im a-SHER ba-KHAR-ti mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-SIM et-she-MI le-o-LAM
Exegesis
A relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʼă-šer} ‘which’ frames ʿāśâh {עָשָׂה | ʿāśâh} ‘he made’, situating the fabrication before placement.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin–resh
“upright pole”
In context — 2 Kings 21:7
And he set the carved image of Asherah which he had made in the house , of which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My Name forever.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 21:7, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֤ר (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.21.7.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.7.W16.S1) and character.