Deuteronomy 20:7:2Deut.20.7.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁר־אֵרַ֤שׂ
ashereras
“who has betrothed”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-e-RAS
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-eh-RAHS
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.ˈʔe.raːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- who has betrothed
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-e-RAS
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-e-RAS i-SHAH
- clause
u-MI-ha-ISH a-SHER-e-RAS i-SHAH ve-LO le-ka-KHAH ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to
- sentence
u-MI-ha-ISH a-SHER-e-RAS i-SHAH ve-LO le-ka-KHAH ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to pen-ya-MUT ba-mil-kha-MAH ve-ISH a-KHER yi-ka-KHE-na
Exegesis
The relative clause ha-ish asher eras ishah velo lekachah {הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אֵרַשׂ אִשָּׁה וְלֹא לְקָחָהּ | hā-ʾîš ʾă-šer-ʾê-raṣ ʾîš-šāh wə-lō lə-qā-ḥāh} ‘the man who has betrothed a woman and has not taken her’ specifies the exempt individual.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–resh–shin
“to betroth”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:7
Is there a man who has betrothed a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 20:7, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־אֵרַ֤שׂ (ashereras) 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.20.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.7.W2.S1) and character.