Daniel 9:6:5Dan.9.6.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
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
a-SHER dib-be-RU
- clause
ve-LO sha-MA-noo el-a-va-DE-kha han-ne-vee-EEM a-SHER dib-be-RU be-shim-KHA el-me-la-KHE-noo sa-RE-noo va-a-vo-TE-noo
- sentence
ve-LO sha-MA-noo el-a-va-DE-kha han-ne-vee-EEM a-SHER dib-be-RU be-shim-KHA el-me-la-KHE-noo sa-RE-noo va-a-vo-TE-noo ve-EL kol-AM ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The direct object phrase el-avadeikha hanevi’im {אֶל־עֲבָדֶיךָ הַנְּבִיאִים | ʾel-ʿă-ḇā-ḏe-ḵā han-nə-ḇî-ʾîm} ‘to your servants the prophets’ appears next, modified by the relative clause asher dibru be-shimkha {אֲשֶׁר דִּבְּרוּ בְּשִׁמְךָ | ʾă-šer dib-ber-û bə-šim-kha} ‘who spoke in your name’.
In context — Daniel 9:6
And we did not listen to your servants , the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land .
About this coordinate
Daniel 9:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 9:6, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֤ר (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.9.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.9.6.W5.S1) and character.