2 Kings 23:16:162 Kgs.23.16.W16TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
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 ka-RA
- clause
kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ka-RA ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
va-yi-FEN yo-shi-YA-hu va-ya-RE et-ha-ke-va-RIM a-sher-SHAM ba-HAR va-yish-LAKH va-yik-KAKH et-ha-a-tsa-MOT min-ha-ke-va-RIM va-yis-ROF al-ha-miz-BE-akh va-ye-tam-ME-hu kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ka-RA ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | asher} ‘that’ introduces the prophetic authority of ish ha’elohim {אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים | ish ha’elohim} ‘man of God’, integrating fulfilled prophecy into the king’s reform.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-sh-r
“sacred pole”
In context — 2 Kings 23:16
And Josiah turned and saw the tombs on the mountain. He sent and took the bones from the tombs and burned them on the altar, defiling it according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God, who had predicted these things.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:16:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 23:16, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֤ר (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.23.16.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.16.W16.S1) and character.