Deuteronomy 18:6:6Deut.18.6.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁר־ה֖וּא
asherhu
“where he”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-hu
- Extended
- a-SHEHR-HOO
- IPA
- /ʔaʃerˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- where he
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-hu
- clause
ve-khi-ya-VO ha-le-VI me-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA mi-KOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-hu GAR SHAM
- sentence
ve-khi-ya-VO ha-le-VI me-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA mi-KOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-hu GAR SHAM u-VA be-KHOL-a-VAT naf-SHO el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher hu gar sham {אֲשֶׁר־הוּא גָּר שָׁם | ʾă-šer hūʾ gār šām} ‘where he sojourns’ links residence to the ensuing action.
Root and etymology
“fire”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:6
And when the Levite comes from one of your gates in all Israel, where he sojourns, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which the LORD will choose.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:6:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 18:6, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־ה֖וּא (asherhu) 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.18.6.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.6.W6.S1) and character.