Deuteronomy 21:1:4Deut.21.1.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר֩
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
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 Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
ki-yim-ma-TSE kha-LAL ba-a-da-MAH a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH no-FEL ba-sa-DEH
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-TSE kha-LAL ba-a-da-MAH a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH no-FEL ba-sa-DEH LO no-DA MI hi-ka-HU
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ modifies ba'adamah {בָּאֲדָמָה | bāʾădāmāh} ‘land’, specifying it as the divinely granted territory.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:1
If a person is found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess , lying fallen in the field, and it is not known who struck him.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 21:1, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֩ (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.21.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.1.W4.S1) and character.