2 Samuel 19:16:52 Sam.19.16.W5TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:17
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
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
- clause
va-ye-ma-HER shim-e-I ven-ge-RA ben-ha-ye-mi-NI a-SHER mi-ba-khu-RIM
- sentence
va-ye-ma-HER shim-e-I ven-ge-RA ben-ha-ye-mi-NI a-SHER mi-ba-khu-RIM va-ye-RED im-ISH ye-hu-DA lik-ra-AT ha-ME-lekh da-VID
Exegesis
The relative clause asher mibachurim {אֲשֶׁר מִבָּחוּרִים | ’ašer mibbāḥūrīm} specifies origin.
Root and etymology
ש־ר
“prince, leader”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:16
And Shimei, son of Gera, the Benjamite , who was from Bahurim, hurried and went down with the men of Judah to meet King David .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 19:16, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֖ר (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.19.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.16.W5.S1) and character.