Deuteronomy 19:17:3Deut.19.17.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁר־לָהֶ֥ם
asherlahem
“who have”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-la-HEM
- Extended
- ah-SHER-lah-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔaʃeːr.laˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- who have
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-la-HEM ha-RIV
- clause
ve-am-DU she-NEI-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-la-HEM ha-RIV lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-am-DU she-NEI-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-la-HEM ha-RIV lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH lif-NEI ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-shof-TIM a-SHER yih-YU ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-lahem {אֲשֶׁר־לָהֶם | ’ă-šer lā-hem} ‘who have’ links the participants to ha-riv {הָרִיב | hā-rîḇ} ‘the dispute’.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:17
Then the two men who have the dispute must stand before the LORD , before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 19:17, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־לָהֶ֥ם (asherlahem) 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.19.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.17.W3.S1) and character.