2 Kings 23:13:22 Kgs.23.13.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER al-pe-NE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- clause
ve-ET-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER al-pe-NE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim a-SHER mi-MIN le-har-ha-mash-KHIT a-SHER ba-NA she-lo-MO ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL le-ash-to-RET shi-KUTS tsi-do-NIM ve-likh-MOSH shi-KUTS mo-AV u-le-mil-KOM to-a-VAT be-NE-a-MON
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER al-pe-NE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim a-SHER mi-MIN le-har-ha-mash-KHIT a-SHER ba-NA she-lo-MO ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL le-ash-to-RET shi-KUTS tsi-do-NIM ve-likh-MOSH shi-KUTS mo-AV u-le-mil-KOM to-a-VAT be-NE-a-MON ti-ME ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
A sequence of relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} identifies each bamah and its dedicatory deity.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-sh-r
“sacred pole”
In context — 2 Kings 23:13
And the high places that were east of Jerusalem and on the south side of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon, king of Israel, had built for Ashtoreth, the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, and for Milkom, the abomination of the sons of Ammon—the king defiled them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 23:13, 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.23.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.13.W2.S1) and character.