Deuteronomy 16:21:3Deut.16.21.W3TAB
אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה
asherah
“an Asherah”
- Transliteration
- a-she-RAH
- Extended
- ah-sheh-RAH
- IPA
- /ʔaʃeˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- an Asherah
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-she-RAH
- clause
lo-ti-TA le-KHA a-she-RAH kol-ETS
- sentence
lo-ti-TA le-KHA a-she-RAH kol-ETS E-tsel miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER ta-a-SE-laKH
Exegesis
The object asherah {אֲשֵׁרָה | ’a-she-rah} ‘cultic pole’ is qualified by kol-‘ets {כָּל־עֵץ | kol-‘ēts} ‘any tree’, indicating universal scope.
Root and etymology
’-š-raleph–shin–resh
“to go straight”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:21
You must not plant for yourself an Asherah —any tree—beside the altar of the LORD your God , which you make for yourself.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 16:21, so the Hebrew word אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה (asherah) 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.16.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.21.W3.S1) and character.