Deuteronomy 18:16:2Deut.18.16.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁר־שָׁאַ֜לְתָּ
ashershaalta
“that you asked”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-sha-AL-ta
- Extended
- a-SHEHR-sha-AHL-tah
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.ʃaˈʔal.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that you asked
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-sha-AL-ta
- phraseyour reading level
ke-KOL a-SHER-sha-AL-ta
- clause
ke-KOL a-SHER-sha-AL-ta me-IM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha be-KHO-rev be-YOM ha-ka-HAL le-MOR
- sentence
ke-KOL a-SHER-sha-AL-ta me-IM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha be-KHO-rev be-YOM ha-ka-HAL le-MOR LO o-SEF lish-MO-a et-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ve-ET-ha-ESH ha-gdo-LAH ha-ZOT lo-er-EH OD ve-LO a-MUT
Exegesis
The relative infinitive asher-shaalta {אֲשֶׁר־שָׁאַ֜לְתָּ | ’ă-šer-šā-’al-tā} ‘which you asked’ frames the petition.
Root and etymology
“to ask, request”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:16
According to all that you asked from the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, “I will not continue to hear the voice of the LORD my God, nor will I see this great fire again, lest I die.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 18:16, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־שָׁאַ֜לְתָּ (ashershaalta) 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.18.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.16.W2.S1) and character.