Deuteronomy 17:9:5Deut.17.9.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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 yih-YE
- clause
u-va-TA el-ha-ko-ha-NIM hal-ve-YYIM ve-el-ha-sho-FET a-SHER yih-YE ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM
- sentence
u-va-TA el-ha-ko-ha-NIM hal-ve-YYIM ve-el-ha-sho-FET a-SHER yih-YE ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM ve-da-rash-TA ve-hig-GI-du le-KHA ET de-VAR ham-mish-PAT
Exegesis
The relative clause asher yihyeh bayamim hahem {אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְיֶ֖ה בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֑ם | ʾă·šer yih·yêh bay·yă·yim hā·hêm} confines jurisdiction to the contemporary officeholder.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:9
And you shall go to the priests of the Levites and to the judge who will be in office in those days, and you shall inquire of them, and they will declare to you the decision of the judgment.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 17:9, 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.17.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.9.W5.S1) and character.