Exodus 19:18:6Exod.19.18.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
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 ya-RAD a-LAV
- clause
ve-HAR see-NAI a-SHAN kul-LO mip-NEI a-SHER ya-RAD a-LAV Ye-ho-VAH ba-ESH
- sentence
ve-HAR see-NAI a-SHAN kul-LO mip-NEI a-SHER ya-RAD a-LAV Ye-ho-VAH ba-ESH va-ya-AL a-sha-NO ke-E-shen ha-kiv-SHAN va-ye-khe-RAD kol-ha-HAR me-OD
Exegesis
The causal relative mipnei asher {מִפְּנֵי אֲשֶׁר | mip-pə-nê ʾă-šer} ‘because that’ introduces the reason, fulfilled by the wayyiqtol clause yarad ʿalav YHWH ba-ʾesh {יָרַד עָלָיו יְהוָה בָּאֵשׁ | yā-rad ʿā-lāw Yə-hō-wāh bā-ʾêš} ‘the LORD descended upon it in the fire’, where the interposed divine name highlights agency.
In context — Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was smoking everywhere because the LORD came down upon it in fire ; its smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled intensely.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 19:18, 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.19.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.18.W6.S1) and character.