2 Kings 23:20:42 Kgs.23.20.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם֙
ashersham
“who were there”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-SHAM
- Extended
- ah-shehr-SHAAM
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛrˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- who were there
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
et-KOL-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT a-sher-SHAM
- clause
va-yiz-BAKH et-KOL-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT a-sher-SHAM al-ha-miz-be-KHOT va-yis-ROF et-ats-MOT a-DAM a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-yiz-BAKH et-KOL-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT a-sher-SHAM al-ha-miz-be-KHOT va-yis-ROF et-ats-MOT a-DAM a-le-HEM va-ya-SHAV ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer šām {אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם | ʾăšer šām} ‘who were there’ specifies site.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem
“name”
In context — 2 Kings 23:20
And he slaughtered all the priests of the high places who were there on the altars, and he burned human bones upon them. Then he returned to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 23:20, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם֙ (ashersham) 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.23.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.20.W4.S1) and character.