Deuteronomy 15:7:9Deut.15.7.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה
asheryehovah
“which the LORD”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃer.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which the LORD
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
kee-yih-YE ve-KHA ev-YON meh-a-KHAD a-KHE-kha be-a-KHAD she-a-RE-kha ve-artz-KHA a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
- sentence
kee-yih-YE ve-KHA ev-YON meh-a-KHAD a-KHE-kha be-a-KHAD she-a-RE-kha ve-artz-KHA a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH LO te-am-METS et-le-vaV-KHA ve-LO tik-POTS et-yad-KHA me-a-KHI-kha ha-ev-YON
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-yhwh elohekha noten lakh {אֲשֵׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֑ךְ | ʾă-šer-Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-khā nō-tên lā-khā} ‘that the LORD your God gives you’ grounds the command in divine grant language.
In context — Deuteronomy 15:7
If there is among you a poor person from one of your brothers in any of your towns in your land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 15:7, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה (asheryehovah) 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.15.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.7.W9.S1) and character.