אֲשֶׁ֖ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֖ר

   a-SHER

   which or that
2. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מָ֚ה הַצִיּ֣וּן הַלָּ֔ז אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲנִ֣י רֹאֶ֑ה

   va-yo-MER MA ha-tsi-YUN hal-LAZ a-SHER a-NI ro-E

   and he said what the memorial-mark or monument that which or that I am seeing
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מָ֚ה הַצִיּ֣וּן הַלָּ֔ז אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲנִ֣י רֹאֶ֑ה וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו אַנְשֵׁ֣י הָעִ֗יר הַקֶּ֤בֶר אִישׁ־הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣א מִֽיהוּדָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתָ עַ֖ל הַמִּזְבַּ֥ח בֵּֽית־אֵֽל׃

   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

   and he said what the memorial-mark or monument that which or that I am seeing and they said to him men of the city the grave or the tomb man of God who came from Judah and he proclaimed or called out {direct object} the words these which or that you did against or upon the altar Bethel

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

Root🔊 א־שׁ־רʾ-sh-r

“sacred pole”

• 🔊 אֲשֵׁרִיםʾă-šê-rîmsacred polesExodus 34:13