אֲשֶׁ֣ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר

   a-SHER

   which
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתִּי

   a-SHER a-MAR-ti

   which I said
3. clause🔊 וּ֠מָאַסְתִּי אֶת־הָעִ֨יר הַזֹּ֤את אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶת־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְאֶת־הַבַּ֔יִת אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתִּי יִהְיֶ֥ה שְׁמִ֖י שָֽׁם׃

   u-ma-AS-ti et-ha-IR ha-ZOT a-sher-ba-KHAR-ti et-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-et-ha-BA-yit a-SHER a-MAR-ti yih-yeh she-MI SHAM

   and I rejected the city {direct object} this which I chose Jerusalem {direct object} and the house {direct object} which I said will be my name there
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה גַּ֤ם אֶת־יְהוּדָה֙ אָסִיר֙ מֵעַ֣ל פָּנַ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲסִרֹ֖תִי אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּ֠מָאַסְתִּי אֶת־הָעִ֨יר הַזֹּ֤את אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶת־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְאֶת־הַבַּ֔יִת אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתִּי יִהְיֶ֥ה שְׁמִ֖י שָֽׁם׃

   va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH GAM et-ye-hu-DA a-SIR me-AL pa-NAI ka-a-SHER ha-si-ro-TI et-yis-ra-EL u-ma-AS-ti et-ha-IR ha-ZOT a-sher-ba-KHAR-ti et-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-et-ha-BA-yit a-SHER a-MAR-ti yih-yeh she-MI SHAM

   and he said the LORD also Judah {direct object} I will remove from upon my face as I removed Israel {direct object} and I rejected the city {direct object} this which I chose Jerusalem {direct object} and the house {direct object} which I said will be my name there

Exegesis

The relative clause ʾă-šer bä-ḥar-tî {אֲשֶׁר-בָּחַרְתִּי | ʾă-šer bä-ḥar-tî} ‘which I chose’ links choice to the noun yə-rū-sha-lā-yim {יְרוּשָׁלִַם | yə-rū-sha-lā-yim}, and the following relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ connects to ’ā-mar-tî {אָמַרְתִּי | ’ā-mar-tî} ‘I have said’, framing the promise that yiḥ-yē-hĕ {יִהְיֶה | yiḥ-yē-h} ‘shall be’ the location of še-mî {שְׁמִי | še-mî} ‘my name’. This chain of perfect and imperfect verbs with relative clauses underscores covenant election, promise, and judgment.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־שׁ־רʾ-sh-r

“sacred pole”

• 🔊 אֲשֵׁרִיםʾă-šê-rîmsacred polesExodus 34:13