2 Samuel 21:16:42 Sam.21.16.W4TAB

אֲשֶׁ֣ר

asher

who or which

Transliteration
a-SHER
Extended
ah-SHEHR
IPA
/ʔăˈʃɛr/

Meaning by language

English
who or which

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Result
אֲ + שֶׁ֣ר
a + sher
asher

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SHER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER bi-li-DE ha-ra-FA

  3. clause

    va-ye-SHVO ve-yish-BI be-NOV a-SHER bi-li-DE ha-ra-FA u-mish-KAL KEI-no she-LOSH me-OT mish-KAL ne-KHO-shet ve-HU kha-GUR kha-da-SHA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-SHVO ve-yish-BI be-NOV a-SHER bi-li-DE ha-ra-FA u-mish-KAL KEI-no she-LOSH me-OT mish-KAL ne-KHO-shet ve-HU kha-GUR kha-da-SHA va-yo-MER le-ha-KOT et-DA-vid

Exegesis

The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʼăš-er} restricts him to his lineage, articulated by the prepositional construct bilyidei harafah {בִּילִידֵ֣י הָרָפָה | bə-yî-lî-ḏê hā-rā-pāh}.

In context2 Samuel 21:16

Now Ishbi-benob, who was among the descendants of the Rapha, had a bronze spear weighing three hundred shekels and was girded with a new sword. And he said he would strike David .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 21:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 21:16, 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.21.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.16.W4.S1) and character.