2 Kings 23:12:62 Kgs.23.12.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֣וּ
asherasu
“which they made”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-a-SU
- Extended
- ah-shehr-ah-SOO
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.ʕaːˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which they made
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-a-SU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- clause
ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT a-SHER al-ha-GAG a-li-YAT a-KHAZ a-sher-a-SU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT a-sher-a-SA me-na-SHE bish-TE kha-tsre-KHOT BET-ye-ho-VAH na-TATS ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT a-SHER al-ha-GAG a-li-YAT a-KHAZ a-sher-a-SU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT a-sher-a-SA me-na-SHE bish-TE kha-tsre-KHOT BET-ye-ho-VAH na-TATS ha-ME-lekh va-ya-RATS mi-SHAM ve-hish-LIKH et-a-fa-RAM el-na-KHAL kid-RON
Exegesis
Two relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} with perfect verbs specify the altars on al ha-gagg ʿăl-yat ʾā-ḥāz {עַל־הַגָּג עֲלִיַּת אָחָז | ʿal | ha-gagg | ʿăl-yi-yat | ʾā-ḥāz} “on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz” and those ʿā-sāh men-aš-šeh {עָשָׂה מְנַשֶּׁה | ʿā-sāh | men-aš-šeh} “he made, Manasseh” in bish-tê ḥat-ser-ôṯ bêt yĕ-hō-wāh {בִּשְׁתֵּי חַצְר֥וֹת בֵּית־יְהוָה | bish-tê | ḥat-ser-ôṯ | bêt | yĕ-hō-wāh} “the two courts of the house of YHWH.”
Root and etymology
r-’resh–ayin
“evil”
In context — 2 Kings 23:12
And the king tore down the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz—the ones the kings of Judah had made—and the altars that Manasseh had built in the two courts of the house of the LORD . He broke them down from there and cast their dust into the Brook Kidron.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 23:12, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֣וּ (asherasu) 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.23.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.12.W6.S1) and character.