2 Kings 22:17:22 Kgs.22.17.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
TA-khat a-SHER a-za-VU-ni
- clause
TA-khat a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-kat-REU le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM le-MA-an ha-khe-i-SE-ni be-KHOL ma-a-SE ye-de-HEM
- sentence
TA-khat a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-kat-REU le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM le-MA-an ha-khe-i-SE-ni be-KHOL ma-a-SE ye-de-HEM ve-nits-TA kha-ma-TI ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-LO tikh-BE
Exegesis
The causal conjunction tachat asher {תַּ֣חַת אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ṯaḥat ʾăšer} introduces the basis for judgment.
In context — 2 Kings 22:17
Because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods to provoke Me by every deed of their hands, My wrath has ignited against this place and will never be extinguished.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 22:17, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (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.22.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.17.W2.S1) and character.