2 Kings 23:11:132 Kgs.23.11.W13TAB
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
asher
“which or that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which or 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- clause
va-ya-SHBE-et et-ha-su-SIM a-SHER na-te-NU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA la-SHE-mesh mi-BO bet-ye-ho-VAH el-lish-KAT ne-TAN-me-lekh ha-sa-RIS a-SHER ba-par-va-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-SHBE-et et-ha-su-SIM a-SHER na-te-NU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA la-SHE-mesh mi-BO bet-ye-ho-VAH el-lish-KAT ne-TAN-me-lekh ha-sa-RIS a-SHER ba-par-va-RIM ve-et-mar-ke-VOT ha-SHE-mesh sa-RAF ba-ESH
Exegesis
Two relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾăšer} ‘which/who’ specify first the horses and their donors, then the chamber associated with Netan-Melek.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-sh-r
“sacred pole”
In context — 2 Kings 23:11
And he removed the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun from the entrance of the house of the LORD , to the chamber of Netan-Melek , the official, which was in the precincts, and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:11:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 23:11, 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.23.11.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.11.W13.S1) and character.