2 Samuel 18:28:142 Sam.18.28.W14TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈheːχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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 sig-GAR
- sentence
va-yik-RA a-khi-MA-ats va-yo-MER el-ha-ME-lekh sha-LOM va-yish-ta-KHU la-ME-lekh le-a-PA-v AR-tsa va-yo-MER ba-RUKH ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER sig-GAR et-ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-na-se-U et-ya-DAM ba-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The relative pronoun ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} links the blessing formula bārūḥ YHWH ʾĕlōhekha {בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ} to the divine act sīgar ʾet-hāʾănāšîm {סִגַּר אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים} ‘delivered the men,’ while nāśʾû ʾet-yāḏām {נָשְׂאוּ אֶת־יָדָם} conveys the idiom of rebellion through hand-raising. English renderings reflect these structures to preserve narrative coherence and theological emphasis on divine intervention.
Root and etymology
s-rshin, resh
“prince, leader”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:28
And Ahimaaz called and said to the king, “Peace!” Then he bowed down to the king, his face to the ground, and said, “Blessed is the LORD your God who has delivered the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:28:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 18:28, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֤ר (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.18.28.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.28.W14.S1) and character.