2 Samuel 20:5:82 Sam.20.5.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
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
a-SHER ye-a-DO
- clause
ve-yi-KHAR va-yo-KHER min-ha-mo-ED a-SHER ye-a-DO
- sentence
va-YE-lekh a-ma-SA le-haz-IK ET-ye-hu-DA ve-yi-KHAR va-yo-KHER min-ha-mo-ED a-SHER ye-a-DO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase min hammōʿēḏ {מִן־הַמּוֹעֵ֖ד | min ham-mō-ʿēḏ} ‘from the appointed time’ introduces a comparative temporal frame, which is specified by the relative clause ʾăšer yāʿāḏô {אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְעָדֽוֹ | ʾă-šer yā-ʿā-ḏô}, linking the time to its setter and clarifying agency. English rendering requires subordinators such as ‘beyond’ and a relative construction to capture the Hebrew syntactic nuance of urgency and authority.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:5
And Amasa went to summon Judah, but he delayed beyond the appointed time that the king had set for him .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 20:5, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.20.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.5.W8.S1) and character.