Deuteronomy 16:7:4Deut.16.7.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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 yiv-KHAR
- clause
u-vi-SHAL-ta ve-a-KHAL-ta ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
- sentence
u-vi-SHAL-ta ve-a-KHAL-ta ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO u-fa-NI-ta ba-BO-ker ve-ha-LAKH-ta le-o-ha-LE-kha
Exegesis
The locative phrase bamaqom {בַּמָּקוֹם | ba-mā-qōm} with the restrictive clause asher yivchar {אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר | ă-šer yiv-ḥar} and the divine subject YHWH Eloheicha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | yĕ-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-he-kā}, culminating in bo {בּוֹ | bō} ‘in it’, emphasizes God’s choice of the worship site.
Root and etymology
’-š-raleph–shin–resh
“to go straight”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:7
And you shall cook and eat it at the place which the LORD your God will choose; then in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 16:7, 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.16.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.7.W4.S1) and character.