Deuteronomy 18:14:4Deut.18.14.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /haːˈʔeːl.le/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
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 a-TA
- clause
KI ha-go-YIM ha-E-le a-SHER a-TA yo-RESH o-TAM el-me-o-ne-NIM ve-el-kos-MIM yish-MA-U
- sentence
KI ha-go-YIM ha-E-le a-SHER a-TA yo-RESH o-TAM el-me-o-ne-NIM ve-el-kos-MIM yish-MA-U ve-a-TA LO KEN na-TAN le-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The definite noun phrase hagoyim haeleh {הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה | ha-gô-wîm hā-ʾêl-leh} ‘these nations’ is modified by the relative clause asher yoresh {אֲשֶׁר יוֹרֵשׁ | ʾă-šer yô-rêš} ‘which you dispossess’, forming a subject qualifier.
Root and etymology
“fire”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:14
For these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to soothsayers and to diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 18:14, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֤ר (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.18.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.14.W4.S1) and character.