Exodus 18:10:12Exod.18.10.W12TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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 hi-TSIL
- clause
a-SHER hi-TSIL et-ha-AM mit-TA-khat yahd-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer yit-RO ba-RUKH Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER hi-TSIL et-KHEM miy-YAD mits-RA-yim oo-miy-YAD par-O a-SHER hi-TSIL et-ha-AM mit-TA-khat yahd-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The relative clause asher hitsil {אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִצִּ֥יל | ăšer hiṣ-ṣîl} ‘who delivered’ grounds the blessing in specific divine action, first hitsil etkhem {הִצִּ֥יל אֶתְכֶ֛ם | hiṣ-ṣîl ʾeṯ-kem} ‘delivered you.’
A second relative clause asher hitsil {אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִצִּיל֙ | ăšer hiṣ-ṣîl} ‘who delivered’ expands to et-haam {אֶת־הָעָ֔ם | ʾeṯ-hā-ʿām} ‘the people.’
Root and etymology
Rootsin–resh–resh
“prince, official”
In context — Exodus 18:10
And Jethro said, “Blessed be the LORD , who has rescued you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 18:10, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֤ר (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.18.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.10.W12.S1) and character.