Deuteronomy 15:2:8Deut.15.2.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
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 ya-SHEH
- clause
ve-ZEH de-VAR hash-mee-TAH sha-MOT kol-BA-al ma-SHEH ya-DO a-SHER ya-SHEH be-re-EH-hu
- sentence
ve-ZEH de-VAR hash-mee-TAH sha-MOT kol-BA-al ma-SHEH ya-DO a-SHER ya-SHEH be-re-EH-hu lo-yig-GOS et-re-EH-hu ve-et-a-KHIV ki-ka-RA shmee-TAH la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The Qal infinitive absolute shamot {שָׁמֹט | šā-mōṭ} intensifies the command, and the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ašer} ‘which’ contains the Hiphil imperfect yasheh {יַשֶּׁה | yaššêh} ‘he lends’.
In context — Deuteronomy 15:2
And this is the matter of the release: Every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it from his neighbor—his brother—because a release has been proclaimed for the LORD .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 15:2, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.15.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.2.W8.S1) and character.