Deuteronomy 16:11:19Deut.16.11.W19TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /bam.maˈkoːm/
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 yiv-KHAR
- clause
ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM
- sentence
ve-sa-MAKH-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-TE-kha ve-av-DE-kha va-a-ma-TE-kha ve-ha-LE-vi a-SHER bish-a-a-RE-kha ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER be-kir-BE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM
Exegesis
Two relative clauses with asher {אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾă-šer} ‘who’ specify residency: bisharecha {בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ | bĭ-šā-ʿā-re-ḵā} ‘within your gates’ for the Levite and bekirbecha {בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ | bĕ-qir-bĕ-ḵā} ‘among you’ for the others.
Root and etymology
’-š-raleph–shin–resh
“to go straight”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:11
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God —you, your son, your daughter, your servant, your maidservant, the Levite who is within your gates, and the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow who are among you—in the place that the LORD your God will choose to cause His Name to dwell there.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:11:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Deuteronomy 16:11, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֤ר (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.16.11.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.11.W19.S1) and character.