2 Kings 23:24:82 Kgs.23.24.W8TAB
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 nir-U
- clause
ve-GAM ET-ha-O-vot ve-ET-ha-yid-de-o-NIM ve-ET-ha-te-ra-FIM ve-ET-ha-gil-lu-LIM ve-ET KAL-ha-shik-ku-TSIM a-SHER nir-U be-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-vi-ru-sha-LA-im bi-ER yo-shi-YA-hu
- sentence
ve-GAM ET-ha-O-vot ve-ET-ha-yid-de-o-NIM ve-ET-ha-te-ra-FIM ve-ET-ha-gil-lu-LIM ve-ET KAL-ha-shik-ku-TSIM a-SHER nir-U be-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-vi-ru-sha-LA-im bi-ER yo-shi-YA-hu le-MA-an ha-KIM ET-div-RE ha-to-RA ha-khe-tu-VIM al-ha-SE-fer a-SHER ma-TSA khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN BET Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The repeated particle ve’et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet} marks each object—ha’avot {הָאֹבוֹת | hā-ʼō-ṿōṯ}, hayidda‘ōnim {הַיִּדְּעֹנִים | ha-yid-da-‘ō-nîm}, haterafim {הַתְּרָפִים | ha-tə-rā-pîm}, haggillulim {הַגִּלֻּלִים | ha-gi-lu-lîm}—followed by kol hashikkutzim {כָּל־הַשִּׁקֻּצִים | kol ha-šiḳ-ḳû-ṣîm} as a totalizer and relative clause asher nir’u {אֲשֶׁר נִרְאוּ | ’ă-šer nir-’û} ‘that were seen.’
The final relative clause asher matza chilkiyahu hakohen beit YHWH {אֲשֶׁר מָצָא חִלְקִיָּהוּ הַכֹּהֵן בֵּ֥ית יְהוָה | ’ă-šer mā-ṣāʼ ḥil-qî-yā-hū ha-kō-hên bêyt YHWH} grounds the reform in discovery within the temple, highlighting the textual basis for Josiah’s obedience.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-sh-r
“sacred pole”
In context — 2 Kings 23:24
Moreover, Josiah removed the mediums, the spiritists, the household gods, the idols, and all the detestable things that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem in order to establish the words of the law that were written in the book which Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 23:24, 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.23.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.24.W8.S1) and character.