2 Samuel 20:10:42 Sam.20.10.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
ba-KHE-rev a-SHER be-YAD-yo-AV
- clause
va-a-ma-SA LO-nish-me-AR ba-KHE-rev a-SHER be-YAD-yo-AV va-yak-KE-hu VAH el-ha-KHO-mesh va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza ve-LO-sha-NA LO va-ya-MOT
- sentence
va-a-ma-SA LO-nish-me-AR ba-KHE-rev a-SHER be-YAD-yo-AV va-yak-KE-hu VAH el-ha-KHO-mesh va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza ve-LO-sha-NA LO va-ya-MOT ve-yo-AV va-a-vi-SHAI a-KHIV ra-DAF a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI
Exegesis
The relative clause bakherev asher beyad-yoav {בַּחֶ֣רֶב אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיַד־יוֹאָ֗ב | ba-ḥe-rev ’ă-šer bə-yad-yō-ʼāv} ‘to the sword that was in Joab’s hand’ postpones the instrument for emphasis.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:10
And Amasa was not alert to the sword in Joab’s hand, and Joab struck him with it in the abdomen , and his intestines spilled to the ground; he did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bikhri.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 20:10, 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.20.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.10.W4.S1) and character.