Amos 2:9:5Amos.2.9.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ke-GO-va a-ra-ZIM
- clause
ve-a-NO-khi hish-ma-DE-ti ET-ha-e-mo-RI mip-ne-HEM a-SHER ke-GO-va a-ra-ZIM gav-HO ve-kha-SON HU ka-a-lo-NIM
- sentence
ve-a-NO-khi hish-ma-DE-ti ET-ha-e-mo-RI mip-ne-HEM a-SHER ke-GO-va a-ra-ZIM gav-HO ve-kha-SON HU ka-a-lo-NIM va-ash-MID pir-YO mim-MA-al ve-sha-ra-SHAV mi-TA-khat
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾă-šer} ‘who/that’ stacks two similes (cedars/oaks) to portray an opponent that appears imposing in both stature and resilience, intensifying the contrast with the outcome.
In context — Amos 2:9
Yet I Myself destroyed the Amorite before them; his height was like cedars, and he was sturdy as oaks; and I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from beneath.
About this coordinate
Amos 2:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Amos 2:9, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֨ר (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 Amos.2.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Amos.2.9.W5.S1) and character.