Deuteronomy 20:18:9Deut.20.18.W9TAB
עָשׂ֖וּ
asu
“they have done”
- Transliteration
- a-SU
- Extended
- ah-SOO
- IPA
- /ʕaˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they have done
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-SU
- clause
le-MA-an a-SHER lo-ye-lam-DEU et-KHEM la-a-SOT ke-KHOL to-a-vo-TAM a-SHER a-SU le-e-lo-HEI-hem
- sentence
le-MA-an a-SHER lo-ye-lam-DEU et-KHEM la-a-SOT ke-KHOL to-a-vo-TAM a-SHER a-SU le-e-lo-HEI-hem va-kha-ta-TEM la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
The object phrase kekol to-ʿă-vō-ṯām {כְּכֹל תּוֹעֲבֹתָם | kə-kōl tō-ʿă-vō-ṯām} ‘like all their abominations’ functions as the complement of the infinitive, and the relative clause ’ă-šer ʿā-sû leleheihem {אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לֵאלֹהֵיהֶם | ’ă-šer ʿā-sû lē-’ĕ-lō-hē-hēm} ‘which they have done for their gods’ specifies those practices.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:18
This is so that they do not teach you to carry out all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and thus you will sin against the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 20:18, so the Hebrew word עָשׂ֖וּ (asu) 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.20.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.18.W9.S1) and character.