Exodus 13:5:10Exod.13.5.W10TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
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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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha
- clause
ve-ha-YA ki-ye-vi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH el-E-rets hak-ke-na-a-NI ve-ha-khit-TI ve-ha-e-mo-RI ve-ha-khiv-VI ve-ha-ye-vu-SI a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha la-TET LAKH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-ye-vi-a-KHA Ye-ho-VAH el-E-rets hak-ke-na-a-NI ve-ha-khit-TI ve-ha-e-mo-RI ve-ha-khiv-VI ve-ha-ye-vu-SI a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha la-TET LAKH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH ve-a-vad-TA et-ha-a-vo-DA ha-ZOT ba-KHO-desh ha-ZEH
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ introduces a clause with the Niphal perfect nishba {נִשְׁבַּ֤ע | niš-bāʿ} ‘he swore’, anchored to la-avoteikha {לַאֲבֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ | la-ʾă-ḇō-tê-ḵā} ‘your fathers’.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire, flame”
In context — Exodus 13:5
When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—then you shall carry out this service in this month.
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 13:5, 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.13.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.5.W10.S1) and character.