2 Samuel 18:8:112 Sam.18.8.W11TAB
מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר
measher
“more than”
- Transliteration
- me-a-SHER
- Extended
- mee-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /meːʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- more than
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
me-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-SHER a-khe-LA
- sentence
vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mil-kha-MA ne-fu-TSAT na-FO-tset al-pe-NE KAL-ha-A-rets va-ye-REV hay-YA-ar le-e-KHOL ba-AM me-a-SHER a-khe-LA ha-KHE-rev bay-YOM ha-HU
Exegesis
In the comparative clause me-asher akhlah ha-cherev {מֵאֲשֶׁר אָכְלָה הַחֶרֶב | mē·’a·šer ’ā·ḵläh hā·ḥe·reḇ} ‘more than the sword consumed,’ the Qal perfect highlights completed action, preserving the contrast.
Root and etymology
s-rshin, resh
“prince, leader”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:8
And the battle was scattered there and dispersed across the face of the whole land, and the forest consumed more people than the sword did on that day.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 18:8, so the Hebrew word מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר (measher) 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.18.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.8.W11.S1) and character.