Exodus 20:7:11Exod.20.7.W11TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יִשָּׂ֥א
asheryisa
“who takes”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-yi-SA
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-yee-SAA
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.jiˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who takes
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-yi-SA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-yi-SA et-she-MO
- clause
KI LO ye-na-KEH ye-ho-VAH ET a-SHER-yi-SA et-she-MO la-SHAV
- sentence
LO ti-SA et-SHEM-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-SHAV KI LO ye-na-KEH ye-ho-VAH ET a-SHER-yi-SA et-she-MO la-SHAV
Exegesis
The relative clause asher yissa et shmo lashav {אֲשֶׁר־ יִשָּׂא אֶת־ שְׁמוֹ לַשָּׁוְא | ʾă-šer yiś-śāʾ ʾeṯ-šəmô laš-šāwʾ} ‘who lifts His name to vanity’ specifies the object of divine judgment.
In context — Exodus 20:7
You shall not carry the name of the LORD your God in a worthless way, for the LORD will not leave unpunished anyone who carries His name in vanity.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 20:7, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יִשָּׂ֥א (asheryisa) 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.20.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.7.W11.S1) and character.