Exodus 13:12:7Exod.13.12.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔa.ˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yih-YEH le-KHA
- clause
ve-khol-PE-ter SHE-ger be-he-MA a-SHER yih-YEH le-KHA haz-ze-kha-RIM la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ha-a-var-TA khol-pe-ter-RE-khem la-ye-ho-VAH ve-khol-PE-ter SHE-ger be-he-MA a-SHER yih-YEH le-KHA haz-ze-kha-RIM la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher yihyeh le-kha {אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ | ə-šer yi-hyēh lə-kha} ‘that will be yours’ delimits the animals in view.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire, flame”
In context — Exodus 13:12
Then you shall set apart every firstborn to the LORD ; and every firstborn male of the livestock that you have shall be the LORD’s.
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 13:12, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֨ר (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 Exod.13.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.12.W7.S1) and character.