Deuteronomy 15:8:9Deut.15.8.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yekh-SAR
- clause
ve-ha-a-VET ta-a-vi-TE-nu DEI makh-SO-ro a-SHER yekh-SAR LO
- sentence
ki-fa-TO-akh tif-TACH et-yad-KHA LO ve-ha-a-VET ta-a-vi-TE-nu DEI makh-SO-ro a-SHER yekh-SAR LO
Exegesis
The relative clause asher yechsar lo {אֲשֶׁר יֶחְסַר לֽוֹ | ʼă-šer ye-ḥsār lō} ‘that he lacks’ frames the condition for assistance. English translation renders the Hebrew VSO order as SVO while preserving the emphatic force of the infinitive–imperfect constructions and the conditional nuance of the relative clause.
In context — Deuteronomy 15:8
But you shall surely open your hand to him and shall surely lend him enough for his need , whatever he may lack.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 15:8, 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.15.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.8.W9.S1) and character.