אֲשֶׁ֥ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲשֶׁ֥ר

   a-SHER

   that
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹרֽוּךָ׃

   a-SHER yo-ru-KHA

   that they instruct you
3. clause🔊 וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹרֽוּךָ׃

   ve-sha-mar-TA la-a-SOT ke-KHOL a-SHER yo-ru-KHA

   and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you
4. sentence🔊 וְעָשִׂ֗יתָ עַל־פִּ֤י הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַגִּ֣ידֽוּ לְךָ֔ מִן־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַה֔וּא אֲשֶׁ֖ר יִבְחַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹרֽוּךָ׃

   ve-a-si-TA al-PI ha-da-VAR a-SHER ya-gi-DU le-KHA min-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH ve-sha-mar-TA la-a-SOT ke-KHOL a-SHER yo-ru-KHA

   and you shall do according to the word of the matter that they declare to you from the place that that he will choose LORD and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you

Exegesis

A relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ links to the Hiphil imperfect yagidu {יַגִּידוּ | yaḡ-gi-dū} ‘they declare’, specifying the content.

The locative phrase min-ha-makom {מִן־הַמָּקוֹם | min-ha-mā-qōm} ‘from the place’ introduces the setting, further defined by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ and the Qal imperfect yivchar {יִבְחַר | yiv-ḥar} ‘he chooses’, with YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} as the subject.

The second vav-consecutive Qal perfect ve-shamarta {וְשָׁמַרְתָּ | wə-šam-mar-tā} ‘and you shall be careful’ creates a syntactic parallelism, followed by the infinitive la-asot {לַעֲשׂוֹת | la-ʿă-sōṯ} ‘to do’ and the distributive construction ke-kol {כְּכֹל | kə-ḵōl} ‘according to all’, linked by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} to the Hiphil imperfect yorukha {יוֹרֽוּךָ | yō-rū-ḵā} ‘they instruct you’. This sequence of relative clauses and vav-consecutives highlights a graded chain of authority, emphasizing obedience to divinely sanctioned judicial decisions.