Deuteronomy 16:10:9Deut.16.10.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
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 ti-TEN
- clause
ve-a-si-TA KHAG sha-vu-OT la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mi-SAT nid-VAT yad-KHA a-SHER ti-TEN
- sentence
ve-a-si-TA KHAG sha-vu-OT la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mi-SAT nid-VAT yad-KHA a-SHER ti-TEN ka-a-SHER ye-va-re-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The relative clause asher titten {אֲשֶׁר תִּתֵּן | ʾa-šer tit-ten} introduces the giving act.
Root and etymology
’-š-raleph–shin–resh
“to go straight”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:10
And you shall observe the Festival of Weeks to the LORD your God with a portion of a freewill offering from your hand , which you shall give as the LORD your God blesses you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 16:10, 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.16.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.10.W9.S1) and character.