Deuteronomy 14:9:4Deut.14.9.W4TAB
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 ba-MA-yim
- clause
ET-ze to-akh-LU mi-KOL a-SHER ba-MA-yim
- sentence
ET-ze to-akh-LU mi-KOL a-SHER ba-MA-yim KOL a-SHER-lo se-na-PIR ve-kas-KE-set to-a-KHE-lu
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mi-kōl ʾa-šer ba-mā-yim {מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר בַּמָּיִם | mī-kōl ʾă-šer ba-mā-yim} limits the scope to creatures in the waters.
In context — Deuteronomy 14:9
This you may eat of all that are in the waters: all that have a fin and a scale you may eat.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 14:9, 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.14.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.9.W4.S1) and character.