2 Kings 23:19:172 Kgs.23.19.W17TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
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 a-SA
- clause
va-ya-AS la-HEM ke-khol-ha-ma-a-SIM a-SHER a-SA be-VET-EL
- sentence
ve-GAM et-KOL-ba-TE ha-ba-MOT a-SHER be-a-RE sho-me-RON a-SHER a-SU mal-KHE yis-ra-EL le-hakh-IS he-SIR yo-shi-YA-hu va-ya-AS la-HEM ke-khol-ha-ma-a-SIM a-SHER a-SA be-VET-EL
Exegesis
Two relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} specify location (Shomron) and agents (malchei Yisrael).
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-sh-r
“sacred pole”
In context — 2 Kings 23:19
And also, Josiah removed all the houses of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD , and he did to them according to all the deeds which he had done in Bethel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:19:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Kings 23:19, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.23.19.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.19.W17.S1) and character.