Deuteronomy 17:5:8Deut.17.5.W8TAB
עָ֠שׂוּ
asu
“has done”
- Transliteration
- a-SU
- Extended
- ah-SOO
- IPA
- /ʕaˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- has done
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-SU
- clause
ve-ho-tse-TA ET-ha-ISH ha-HU O ET-ha-i-SHA ha-HI a-SHER a-SU ET-ha-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZE el-she-a-RE-kha ET-ha-ISH O ET-ha-i-SHA
- sentence
ve-ho-tse-TA ET-ha-ISH ha-HU O ET-ha-i-SHA ha-HI a-SHER a-SU ET-ha-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZE el-she-a-RE-kha ET-ha-ISH O ET-ha-i-SHA u-se-kal-TAM ba-a-va-NIM va-me-TU
Exegesis
The relative clause asher asu et-hadavar hara hazeh {אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֶת־הַדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה | ʾă-šer ʿā-sû ʾet-had-dā-ḇār hā-rāʿ ha-z-zeh} ‘who have done this evil matter’ tightly binds the offense to the judicial process.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:5
And you shall bring out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to your gates, and you shall stone them with stones , and they shall die.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 17:5, so the Hebrew word עָ֠שׂוּ (asu) 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.17.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.5.W8.S1) and character.