2 Kings 21:7:32 Kgs.21.7.W3TAB
הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה
haashera
“the Asherah”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-she-RA
- Extended
- haa-ah-sheh-RAA
- IPA
- /haː.ʔăʃeːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Asherah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-a-she-RA
- phraseyour reading level
et-PE-sel ha-a-she-RA
- clause
va-ya-SEM et-PE-sel ha-a-she-RA a-SHER a-SA
- 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
The particle ʼet {אֶת | ʼet} marks the object pesel hā-ʼă-šêrāh {פֶּסֶל הָאֲשֵׁרָה | pəśel hā-ʼă-šêrāh} ‘idol image of Asherah’.
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 21:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 21:7, so the Hebrew word הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה (haashera) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.7.W3.S1) and character.