Deuteronomy 16:18:5Deut.16.18.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃeːr/
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 Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
shof-TIM ve-sho-TRIM ti-TEN-le-KHA be-KHOL-she-a-RE-kha a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA lish-va-TE-kha
- sentence
shof-TIM ve-sho-TRIM ti-TEN-le-KHA be-KHOL-she-a-RE-kha a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA lish-va-TE-kha ve-shaf-TU et-ha-AM mish-PAT-TSE-dek
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} connects to the divine provision motif, where the LORD your God {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yᵊ-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hê-ḵā} with the participle noten {נֹתֵן | nō-ṯēn} “gives” confirms land allocation.
Root and etymology
’-š-raleph–shin–resh
“to go straight”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:18
You shall appoint judges and officers for yourself in all your gates , which the LORD your God is giving you for your tribes, and they shall judge the people with a judgment of justice.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 16:18, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֨ר (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.16.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.18.W5.S1) and character.