Exodus 20:17:13Exod.20.17.W13TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈʃer/
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER le-re-E-kha
- clause
lo-takh-MOD E-shet re-E-kha ve-av-DO va-a-ma-TO ve-sho-RO va-kha-mo-RO ve-KHOL a-SHER le-re-E-kha
- sentence
LO takh-MOD BEIT re-E-kha lo-takh-MOD E-shet re-E-kha ve-av-DO va-a-ma-TO ve-sho-RO va-kha-mo-RO ve-KHOL a-SHER le-re-E-kha
Exegesis
The final relative clause ve-kol asher le-re’ekha {וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר לְרֵעֶךָ | wə-ḵōl ʾă-šer lə-rē-ʿe-kā} ‘and all that belongs to your neighbor’ ensures comprehensive coverage of possessions. The formal reconstruction mirrors the repetition of lo + tachmod, whereas the dynamic reconstruction shifts to idiomatic expressions ‘set your heart’ and ‘crave’ for stylistic variation.
In context — Exodus 20:17
You shall not covet the house of your neighbor ; you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 20:17, 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.20.17.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.17.W13.S1) and character.