2 Samuel 17:3:72 Sam.17.3.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“who or which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who or which
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 a-TA me-vak-KESH
- clause
ke-SHUV ha-KOL ha-ISH a-SHER a-TA me-vak-KESH khol-ha-AM yih-ye-YE sha-LOM
- sentence
ve-a-SHI-va khol-ha-AM e-LE-kha ke-SHUV ha-KOL ha-ISH a-SHER a-TA me-vak-KESH khol-ha-AM yih-ye-YE sha-LOM
Exegesis
The relative clause ha’ish asher attah mevaqqesh {הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה מְבַקֵּשׁ | hā-’îš ʾă-šer ʾat-tāh mə-vaq-qêš} ‘the man whom you seek’ specifies the pivotal individual.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:3
And I will bring back all the people to you; when the man whom you seek returns , all the people will be at peace .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 17:3, 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.17.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.3.W7.S1) and character.