אֲשֶׁ֤ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֤ר

   a-SHER

   whom or which
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽתְנוּ֙

   a-SHER na-te-NU

   whom or which they had appointed or given
3. clause🔊 וְהִשְׁבִּ֣ית אֶת־הַכְּמָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽתְנוּ֙ מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיְקַטֵּ֤ר בַּבָּמוֹת֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּמְסִבֵּ֖י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם

   ve-hish-BIT ET-ha-ke-ma-RIM a-SHER na-te-NU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT be-a-RE ye-hu-DA u-me-si-BE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim

   and he caused to cease or removed the priests whom or which they had appointed or given kings of Judah and to make smoke or burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and from around Jerusalem
4. sentence🔊 וְהִשְׁבִּ֣ית אֶת־הַכְּמָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽתְנוּ֙ מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיְקַטֵּ֤ר בַּבָּמוֹת֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּמְסִבֵּ֖י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְאֶת־הַֽמְקַטְּרִ֣ים לַבַּ֗עַל לַשֶּׁ֤מֶשׁ וְלַיָּרֵ֙חַ֙ וְלַמַּזָּל֔וֹת וּלְכֹ֖ל צְבָ֥א הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

   ve-hish-BIT ET-ha-ke-ma-RIM a-SHER na-te-NU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT be-a-RE ye-hu-DA u-me-si-BE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-ET-ha-me-kat-te-RIM la-BA-al la-SHE-mesh ve-la-ya-RE-akh ve-la-ma-za-LOT u-le-KHOL tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim

   and he caused to cease or removed the priests whom or which they had appointed or given kings of Judah and to make smoke or burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and from around Jerusalem and the ones burning incense to Baal to the sun and to the moon and to the constellations and to all host or army of the heavens

Exegesis

The relative particle ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾăšer} ‘whom’ introduces a clause of origin—nāṯnû malḵê Yəhûḏā ‘whom the kings of Judah had appointed’.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־שׁ־רʾ-sh-r

“sacred pole”

• 🔊 אֲשֵׁרִיםʾă-šê-rîmsacred polesExodus 34:13