Exodus 18:9:8Exod.18.9.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER hi-TSEE-lo
- clause
a-SHER hi-TSEE-lo miy-YAD mits-RA-yim
- 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
A second clause introduced by ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ focuses on the specific act hiṣṣîlô {הִצִּיל֖וֹ | hiṣ-ṣî-lô} ‘he rescued him’ from mi-yad miṣrāyim {מִיַּד מִצְרָיִם | mî-yad miṣ-rā-yim}, employing the idiom “hand of Egypt” to denote power. The structure moves from the general reaction to a broad characterization of divine benevolence, then narrows to the climactic deliverance, mirroring the Hebrew emphasis sequence.
Root and etymology
Rootsin–resh–resh
“prince, official”
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 18:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 18:9, 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 Exod.18.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.9.W8.S1) and character.