2 Kings 23:7:42 Kgs.23.7.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
asher
“who were”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who were
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
- clause
va-yit-TOTS et-ba-TE ha-ke-de-SHIM a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yit-TOTS et-ba-TE ha-ke-de-SHIM a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ha-na-SHIM or-ge-OT SHAM ba-TIM la-a-she-RA
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by asher1 {אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾă-šer} links this object to its locus, further specified by the prepositional phrase bebeit YHWH {בְּבֵית יְהוָה | bə-bêṯ yə-hō-wāh} ‘in the house of the LORD’.
A second relative clause, marked by asher2 {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer}, shifts focus to the ongoing ritual activity expressed by the participle orgot {אֹרְג֥וֹת | ʾor-gōṯ} ‘weaving’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-raleph–shin–resh
“goddess; fertility deity”
In context — 2 Kings 23:7
And he tore down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD , where women wove cloth for Asherah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 23:7, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֖ר (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.23.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.7.W4.S1) and character.