Deuteronomy 14:4:3Deut.14.4.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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 to-a-KHE-lu
- clause
ZOT ha-be-HE-ma a-SHER to-a-KHE-lu
- sentence
ZOT ha-be-HE-ma a-SHER to-a-KHE-lu SHOR SE ke-sa-VIM ve-SE i-ZIM
Exegesis
The relative marker asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ links to the Qal imperfect verb tokhelu {תֹּאכֵלוּ | tô-ʾkē-lû} ‘you shall eat’, indicating second-person plural instruction.
In context — Deuteronomy 14:4
This is the animal that you shall eat: the ox, the sheep , and the goat.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 14:4, 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 Deut.14.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.4.W3.S1) and character.