Daniel 1:4:2Dan.1.4.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
ye-la-DIM a-SHER EN-ba-HEM KAL-me-UM MUM ve-to-VE mar-E
- clause
ye-la-DIM a-SHER EN-ba-HEM KAL-me-UM MUM ve-to-VE mar-E u-mas-ki-LIM be-khol-kha-KHMA ve-yod-E DA-at u-me-vi-NE ma-DA va-a-SHER KO-akh ba-HEM la-a-MOD be-he-KHAL ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
ye-la-DIM a-SHER EN-ba-HEM KAL-me-UM MUM ve-to-VE mar-E u-mas-ki-LIM be-khol-kha-KHMA ve-yod-E DA-at u-me-vi-NE ma-DA va-a-SHER KO-akh ba-HEM la-a-MOD be-he-KHAL ha-ME-lekh u-la-lam-DAM SE-fer u-le-SHON kas-DIM
Exegesis
yeladim {יְלָדִ֣ים | yə-lā-ḏîm} ‘children’ is modified by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’, introducing the negated predicate ein-bahem {אֵֽין־בָּהֶ֣ם | ʾên-bā-hêm} ‘there is not in them’ governing kol-maum mum {כָּל־מאום מוּם | kāl-mā-ʼūm mūm} ‘any blemish’.
Root and etymology
ś-r-rShin-Resh-Resh
“chief, leader”
In context — Daniel 1:4
Young men who had no defect in them, of good appearance, skillful in all wisdom, knowing knowledge and understanding learning, and who had strength to stand in the king’s palace, were to be taught the literature and the language of the Chaldeans.
About this coordinate
Daniel 1:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Daniel 1:4, 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 Dan.1.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.1.4.W2.S1) and character.