Deuteronomy 16:22:4Deut.16.22.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-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 sa-NE
- clause
a-SHER sa-NE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
ve-LO-ta-KIM le-KHA mat-tse-VAH a-SHER sa-NE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ăšer} ‘that’ introduces a clause of divine disposition.
Root and etymology
’-š-raleph–shin–resh
“to go straight”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:22
And you shall not set up for yourself a pillar that the LORD your God hates.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 16:22, 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.16.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.22.W4.S1) and character.