2 Kings 23:37:62 Kgs.23.37.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֖וּ
asherasu
“which they did”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-a-SU
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-ah-SAA-soo
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.ʕaːˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which they did
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-SHER-a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
ke-KHOL a-SHER-a-SU
- clause
ke-KHOL a-SHER-a-SU a-vo-TAV
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ke-KHOL a-SHER-a-SU a-vo-TAV
Exegesis
The comparative clause kəḵōl ’ăšer ’āśū ’ăbōtāv {כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂוּ אֲבֹתָיו | kəḵōl ’ăšer ’āśū ’ăbōtāv} employs kəḵōl {כְּכֹל | kəḵōl} ‘all’ and the relative particle ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} linked to the perfect verb ’āśū {עָשׂוּ | ’āśū} ‘they did’ with a pronominal suffix, framing a parallel between the king’s conduct and inherited behavior.
Root and etymology
r-’resh–ayin
“evil”
In context — 2 Kings 23:37
And he did evil in the eyes of the LORD , just as all that his fathers had done .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:37:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 23:37, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֖וּ (asherasu) 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.23.37.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.37.W6.S1) and character.