Deuteronomy 20:14:15Deut.20.14.W15TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃer/
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 na-TAN
- clause
ve-a-KHAL-ta et-shlal oi-ve-KHA a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LAKH
- sentence
RAK ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF ve-ha-be-HE-ma ve-KOL a-SHER yih-YE va-IR kol-shla-LAH ta-VOZ LAKH ve-a-KHAL-ta et-shlal oi-ve-KHA a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LAKH
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that/which’ qualifies kol-šelālāh {כָּל־שְׁלָלָהּ | kol-šelā-lāh} ‘all its spoil’, followed by the Qal imperfect tavoz {תָּבֹז | tā-voz} ‘you shall plunder’, conveying the command.
A subsequent relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that/which’ leads to natan {נָתַן | nā-tan} ‘has given’, attributing the action to YHWH elohekha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵā}, and the closing suffix lakh {לָךְ | lakh} ‘to you’ marks the recipient. The Hebrew parataxis and repeated vav-chains inform the formal semicolon structure, while the dynamic version opts for a streamlined English list.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:14
Only the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is within the city—all its spoil—you shall plunder for yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 20:14, 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.20.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.14.W15.S1) and character.