2 Samuel 18:1:42 Sam.18.1.W4TAB
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 i-TO
- clause
va-yif-KOD da-VID et-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO
- sentence
va-yif-KOD da-VID et-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-SEM a-LE-hem sa-RE a-la-FIM ve-sa-RE me-OT
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} highlights haʿam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’, while the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} with the pronominal suffix ito {אִתּוֹ | ʾit-tô} specifies inclusion.
Root and etymology
s-rshin, resh
“prince, leader”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:1
And David mustered the people who were with him, and he appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 18:1, 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.18.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.1.W4.S1) and character.