2 Samuel 16:4:72 Sam.16.4.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“which or that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which or that
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lim-fi-VO-SHET
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-tsi-VA hi-NE le-KHA KOL a-SHER lim-fi-VO-SHET
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-tsi-VA hi-NE le-KHA KOL a-SHER lim-fi-VO-SHET va-YO-mer tsi-VA hish-ta-kha-ve-TI em-tsa-KHEN be-e-NE-kha a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The construct kol asher limpi-boshet {כֹּל אֲשֶׁר לִמְפִי-בֹשֶׁת | kôl ǎ·šer lim·pi·bō·šet} ‘all that to Mephibosheth’ functions as a legal bequest.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:4
Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold , all that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours.” And Ziba said, “I have bowed down. May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 16:4, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (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 Sam.16.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.4.W7.S1) and character.