אֲשֶׁ֣ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר

   a-SHER

   which
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְגַלֵּ֔חַ

   a-SHER ye-gal-LE-akh

   which he would cut hair
3. clause🔊 וּֽבְגַלְּחוֹ֮ אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ֒ וְֽ֠הָיָה מִקֵּ֨ץ יָמִ֤ים לַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְגַלֵּ֔חַ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד עָלָ֖יו וְגִלְּח֑וֹ

   u-ve-gal-KHO et-RO-sho ve-ha-YA mik-KETS ya-MIM la-ya-MIM a-SHER ye-gal-LE-akh ki-kha-VED a-LA-v ve-gil-KHO

   and when he cut his hair the head of him and it was from the end of days to the days which he would cut hair for it was heavy upon him and he cut it
4. sentence🔊 וּֽבְגַלְּחוֹ֮ אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ֒ וְֽ֠הָיָה מִקֵּ֨ץ יָמִ֤ים לַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְגַלֵּ֔חַ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד עָלָ֖יו וְגִלְּח֑וֹ וְשָׁקַל֙ אֶת־שְׂעַ֣ר רֹאשׁ֔וֹ מָאתַ֥יִם שְׁקָלִ֖ים בְּאֶ֥בֶן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

   u-ve-gal-KHO et-RO-sho ve-ha-YA mik-KETS ya-MIM la-ya-MIM a-SHER ye-gal-LE-akh ki-kha-VED a-LA-v ve-gil-KHO ve-sha-KAL et-se-AR ro-SHO ma-TA-yim she-ka-LIM be-E-ven ha-ME-lekh

   and when he cut his hair the head of him and it was from the end of days to the days which he would cut hair for it was heavy upon him and he cut it and he weighed the hair of his head two hundred shekels by a stone of the king

Exegesis

The relative pronoun ʾă-šer {אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introduces a subordinate clause modifying the recurrence, while the causal clause kî-kā-vêḏ ʿā-lāw {כִּֽי־כָבֵד עָלָיו | kî-kā-vêḏ ʿā-lāw} ‘for it was heavy upon him’ explains the motivation.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־ש’-sh

“fire”

• 🔊 אִשֶּׁה’i-shêoffering by fireLeviticus 1:9