Exodus 19:16:18Exod.19.16.W18TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
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 ba-ma-kha-NEH
- clause
va-ye-khe-RAD kol-ha-AM a-SHER ba-ma-kha-NEH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-SHE-li-SHEE bi-he-YOT ha-BO-ker va-ye-HI ko-LOT oo-be-ra-KEEM ve-a-NAAN ka-VED al-ha-HAR ve-KOL sho-FAR kha-ZAK me-OD va-ye-khe-RAD kol-ha-AM a-SHER ba-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
The final wayyiqtol vayechrad {וַיֶּחֱרַד | way-ye-ḥe-rad} ‘and trembled’ takes kol-haam asher bamachaneh {כָּל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר בַּמַּחֲנֶה | kōl-hā-ʿām ʾă-šer bam-ma-ḥă-neh} ‘all the people who were in the camp’ as subject. English rendering uses varied verbs and punctuation to preserve the accumulating effect and clear causality between phenomena and people’s reaction.
In context — Exodus 19:16
On the third day, when morning arrived, there were sounds and lightnings, and a heavy cloud lay on the mountain; the sound of a shofar was extremely loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:16:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Exodus 19:16, 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.19.16.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.16.W18.S1) and character.