2 Kings 23:10:32 Kgs.23.10.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
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
ve-tim-ME et-ha-TO-fet a-SHER be-GE be-NE-ven-hi-NOM
- sentence
ve-tim-ME et-ha-TO-fet a-SHER be-GE be-NE-ven-hi-NOM le-vil-TI le-ha-a-VIR ISH et-be-NO ve-et-bit-TO ba-ESH la-MO-lekh
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ locates it within the construct chain begei bənê ben-hinnom {בְּגֵ֣י בְּנֵי־בֶן־הִנֹּ֑ם | bə-ḡê bənê ben-hin-nōm} ‘in the valley of the sons of Ben-Hinnom.’
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-sh-r
“sacred pole”
In context — 2 Kings 23:10
And he defiled the Topheth , which is in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom, so that no one could cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 23:10, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֖ר (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.23.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.10.W3.S1) and character.