2 Kings 23:17:192 Kgs.23.17.W19TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-si-TA
- clause
va-yom-RU e-LAV an-SHE ha-IR hak-KE-ver ish-ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA va-yik-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SHER a-si-TA al ham-miz-BE-akh BET-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER MA ha-tsi-YUN hal-LAZ a-SHER a-NI ro-E va-yom-RU e-LAV an-SHE ha-IR hak-KE-ver ish-ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA va-yik-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SHER a-si-TA al ham-miz-BE-akh BET-EL
Exegesis
The question employs the interrogative mah {מָ֚ה | māh} and the demonstrative phrase hatziyun halaz {הַצִיּ֣וּן הַלָּ֔ז | haṣiyyûn halāz} ‘this monument’, followed by the relative clause asher ani roeh {אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲנִ֣י רֹאֶ֑ה | ʾăšer ʾănî rōʾēh} ‘that I see’.
The verb vayikra {וַיִּקְרָ֗א | wayyiqrāʾ} ‘and he proclaimed’ governs et-hadevarim ha-eleh {אֶת-הַדְּבָרִ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ | ʾet-haddeḇārîm hāʾēlleh} ‘these words’, with the subordinate asher asita {אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתָ | ʾăšer ʿāśîṯā} ‘that you have done’.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-sh-r
“sacred pole”
In context — 2 Kings 23:17
And he said, “What is this monument that I see?” And the men of the city said to him, “It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah, and he proclaimed these words that you have done against the altar at Bethel.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:17:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Kings 23:17, 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.23.17.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.17.W19.S1) and character.