Deuteronomy 16:4:9Deut.16.4.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
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 tiz-BAKH ba-E-rev
- clause
ve-LO-ya-LIN min-ha-ba-SAR a-SHER tiz-BAKH ba-E-rev ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON la-BO-ker
- sentence
ve-LO-ye-ra-EH le-KHA se-OR be-KHOL-ge-vul-KHA shiv-AT ya-MIM ve-LO-ya-LIN min-ha-ba-SAR a-SHER tiz-BAKH ba-E-rev ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON la-BO-ker
Exegesis
The second clause mirrors this pattern: the Qal imperfect yalin {יָלִין | yā-lin} ‘remain overnight’ takes min-habasar {מִן־הַבָּשָׂר | min ha-ba-sar} ‘from the meat’ as its object, modified by the relative clause asher tizbach {אֲשֶׁר תִּזְבַּ֥ח | ʾa-šer tiz-baḥ} ‘which you sacrifice’.
Root and etymology
’-š-raleph–shin–resh
“to go straight”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:4
And no leaven shall be seen in all your territory for seven days; nor shall any of the meat which you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until the morning.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 16:4, 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.16.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.4.W9.S1) and character.