Deuteronomy 16:14:12Deut.16.14.W12TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃer/
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 bish-a-re-KHA
- clause
a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-EKHA ve-av-DEKHA va-a-ma-TEKHA ve-ha-LE-vi ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA
- sentence
ve-sa-MAKH-ta be-kha-GEKHA a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-EKHA ve-av-DEKHA va-a-ma-TEKHA ve-ha-LE-vi ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by ʾă-šer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} with the prepositional phrase biš-šə-ʿā-ré-kha {בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ | biš-šə-ʿā-ré-kha} specifies those resident in the gates. The Hebrew VSO word order with chained vav-conjunctions is rendered in English SVO to preserve clarity while reflecting the cumulative emphasis.
Root and etymology
’-š-raleph–shin–resh
“to go straight”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:14
And you shall rejoice in your festival—you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner , the orphan, and the widow who is within your gates.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 16:14, 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.16.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.14.W12.S1) and character.