Deuteronomy 21:2:6Deut.21.2.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
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
- clause
u-mad-DE-du el-he-a-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-kha-LAL
- sentence
ve-yats-U ze-ke-NE-kha ve-shof-TE-kha u-mad-DE-du el-he-a-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-kha-LAL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el he’arim {אֶל־הֶעָרִים | ʾel-he-‘ā-rîm} ‘to the cities’ enters a construct chain with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ modifying sevivot {סְבִיבֹת | sə-vî-vôṯ} ‘surrounding’, relating spatially to hechalal {הֶחָלָל | he-ḥā-lāl} ‘the slain’ in a relative clause. The Hebrew verbal sequencing and construct chains are rendered by preserving the sequential directives and relative clause structure in English to maintain the legal and investigative emphasis.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:2
Then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities surrounding the slain .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 21:2, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֖ר (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.21.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.2.W6.S1) and character.