Deuteronomy 21:3:14Deut.21.3.W14TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
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 lo-mash-KHA
- clause
ve-laK-KHU zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU eg-LAT ba-KAR a-SHER lo-u-ba-D BAH a-SHER lo-mash-KHA be-OL
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ha-IR hak-ke-ro-VA el-he-kha-LAL ve-laK-KHU zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU eg-LAT ba-KAR a-SHER lo-u-ba-D BAH a-SHER lo-mash-KHA be-OL
Exegesis
The object eglat bakar {עֶגְלַ֣ת בָּקָ֗ר | ʿeġ-lāṯ bā-qār} ‘a heifer of cattle’ is then qualified by two coordinated relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾă-šer}, specifying first the absence of labor history (lo-ubad bah {לֹֽא־עֻבַּד֙ בָּ֔הּ | lō-‘uḇ-ḏ bō-h}) and then the lack of yoking (lo-mashkha be‘ol {לֹא־מָשְׁכָ֖ה בְּעֹֽל | lō-māš-kā(bə)-ʿôl}). The coordinated structure preserves the layered legal emphasis on the heifer’s ritual purity.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:3
And it shall be that the city nearest to the slain shall have the elders of that city take a heifer of cattle which has not been worked , which has not been yoked .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 21:3, 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.21.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.3.W14.S1) and character.