Deuteronomy 17:2:5Deut.17.2.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה
asher yehovah
“which the LORD”
- Transliteration
- a-sher Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- ah-shehr Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔäˈʃɛr jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which the LORD
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher Ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
ki-yim-ma-TSE be-kir-be-KHA be-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA a-sher Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-TSE be-kir-be-KHA be-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA a-sher Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH ISH o-i-SHA a-SHER ya-a-SE et-ha-RA be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-a-VOR be-ri-TO
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă·šer} ‘which’ links to the participle noten {נוֹתֵן | nō·ṯēn} ‘giving’, attributing ongoing divine provision.
The subject ‘a man or a woman’ then appears in a second relative clause asher ya’aseh et-hara {אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֶת־הָרַע | ʾă·šer yaʿ·śēʾ ʾet-hā·raʿ} ‘who does the evil’, which is framed by be’einei Yehovah Eloheikha {בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה־אֱלֹהֶיךָ | bə·ʿê·nê yə·hō·wāh-ʾĕ·lō·hê·ḵāʾ} ‘in the eyes of the LORD your God’, shifting judgment to the divine perspective.
Root and etymology
h-y-hhe-yod-he
“to be, exist”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:2
If there is found among you in one of your gates which the LORD your God gives to you, a man or a woman who does evil in the eyes of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 17:2, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה (asher yehovah) 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.17.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.2.W5.S1) and character.