2 Samuel 21:8:162 Sam.21.8.W16TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“whom”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom
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 yal-DA
- clause
ve-et-kha-ME-shet be-NEI mi-KHAL bat-sha-UL a-SHER yal-DA le-ad-ri-EL ben-bar-zil-LAI ha-me-kho-la-TI
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH ha-ME-lekh et-she-NEI be-NEI rits-PA vat-a-YA a-SHER yal-DA le-sha-UL et-ar-mo-NI ve-et-me-fi-BO-shet ve-et-kha-ME-shet be-NEI mi-KHAL bat-sha-UL a-SHER yal-DA le-ad-ri-EL ben-bar-zil-LAI ha-me-kho-la-TI
Exegesis
The relative clause ’asher yaldah {אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה} (‘whom she bore’) attaches to identify maternal origin.
A second parallel chain depicts Merab (Michal), and ’asher yaldah le-’Adriel {אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לְעַדְרִיאֵל} introduces her offspring with Adriel. In English these chains become appositive phrases and possessive forms to preserve the structured listing of names and relationships.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:8
And the king took the two sons of Rizpah , daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul—Armoni and Mephibosheth—and the five sons of Merab (called Michal in this verse’s Hebrew tradition), daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel, son of Barzillai the Meholathite .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 21:8, 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.21.8.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.8.W16.S1) and character.