2 Kings 23:25:52 Kgs.23.25.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֤ב
ashershav
“who returned”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-SHAV
- Extended
- ah-sher-SHAAV
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛrˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- who returned
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' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-SHAV el-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-kha-MO-hu lo-ha-YA le-fa-NAV ME-lekh a-sher-SHAV el-ye-ho-VAH be-khol-le-va-VO u-ve-khol-naf-SHO u-ve-khol-me-OD ke-KHOL to-RAT mo-SHE
- sentence
ve-kha-MO-hu lo-ha-YA le-fa-NAV ME-lekh a-sher-SHAV el-ye-ho-VAH be-khol-le-va-VO u-ve-khol-naf-SHO u-ve-khol-me-OD ke-KHOL to-RAT mo-SHE ve-a-kha-RAV lo-KAM ka-MO-hu
Exegesis
The relative asher-shav {אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֤ב | ʾă-šer-šāḇ} ‘who turned’ introduces his covenantal return.
Root and etymology
Rootš-v-b
“to turn, return”
In context — 2 Kings 23:25
And there was no king like him before who turned to the LORD with all his heart , and with all his soul, and with all his might according to all the law of Moses; nor did any such arise after him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 23:25, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֤ב (ashershav) 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.23.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.25.W5.S1) and character.