Daniel 11:39:6Dan.11.39.W6TAB

אֲשֶׁ֥ר

ahsher

who

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

Meaning by language

English
who

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Result
אֲ + שֶׁ֥ר
ah + sher
ahsher

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

    ah-SHER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ah-SHER ha-KIR yahk-KEER

  3. clause

    veh-ah-SA leh-miv-tseh-RAY mah-oo-ZEEM im-eh-lo-AH neh-KHAR ah-SHER ha-KIR yahk-KEER yar-BEH kha-VOD

  4. sentence

    veh-ah-SA leh-miv-tseh-RAY mah-oo-ZEEM im-eh-lo-AH neh-KHAR ah-SHER ha-KIR yahk-KEER yar-BEH kha-VOD veh-him-shi-LAM bah-rah-BEEM vah-ah-da-MA yeh-khal-LEK bim-KHEER

Exegesis

A relative clause asher hikir yakir {אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִכִּיר יַכִּיר | ʾă-šer hi-kîr ya-kîr} ‘whom he has acknowledged, he will acknowledge’ marks selective bestowal of favor.

In contextDaniel 11:39

And he will act against the fortresses of strongholds with a foreign god ; whomever he acknowledges he will increase with honor, and he will make them rule over many, and he will divide the land for a price.

About this coordinate

Daniel 11:39:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 11:39, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (ahsher) 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.11.39.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.11.39.W6.S1) and character.