Exodus 18:9:5Exod.18.9.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה
asherasah
“which he had done”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-a-SAH
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-ah-SAH
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.ʕaˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which he had done
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-a-SAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-a-SAH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yi-KHAD yit-RO AL kol-ha-to-VA a-SHER-a-SAH Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yi-KHAD yit-RO AL kol-ha-to-VA a-SHER-a-SAH Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL a-SHER hi-TSEE-lo miy-YAD mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer-ʿāśāh {אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה | ʾă-šer-ʿā-śāh} ‘that he had done’ attributes those acts directly to YHWH, then lə-yisraʾēl {לְיִשְׂרָאֵל | lə-yiś-rā-ʾēl} specifies the beneficiary.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-hresh–ayin–heh
“companion”
In context — Exodus 18:9
And Jethro rejoiced over all the good that the LORD had done for Israel, for He had rescued them from the hand of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 18:9, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה (asherasah) 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.18.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.9.W5.S1) and character.