Deuteronomy 13:18:8Deut.13.18.W8TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:19
אֲשֶׁר֙
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
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
- sentence
ki tish-MA be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lish-MOR et-KOL-mits-vo-TAV a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA ha-YOM la-a-SOT ha-ya-SHAR be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} links these commandments to anokhi metzavvekha hayom {אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם | ʾănôkî məṣavvêkā hayyôm}, underscoring present authority.
In context — Deuteronomy 13:18
This will be so when you listen to the voice of the LORD your God , keeping all His commandments that I command you today, and doing what is upright in the eyes of the LORD your God.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 13:18, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֙ (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 Deut.13.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.18.W8.S1) and character.