Exodus 21:13:1Exod.21.13.W1TAB
וַאֲשֶׁר֙
vaasher
“but if”
- Transliteration
- va-a-SHER
- Extended
- vah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /wa.ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- but if
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
va-a-SHER
- clause
va-a-SHER LO tsa-DA ve-ha-e-lo-HIM i-NA le-ya-DO
- sentence
va-a-SHER LO tsa-DA ve-ha-e-lo-HIM i-NA le-ya-DO ve-sam-TI le-KHA ma-KOM a-SHER ya-NOOS sha-MA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the relative conjunction va'asher {וַאֲשֶׁר | va-ʾă-šer} ‘and that/which’ introducing an alternative condition.
Root and etymology
א–ש–ר
“to bind, tie”
In context — Exodus 21:13
If he did not lie in wait but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 21:13, so the Hebrew word וַאֲשֶׁר֙ (vaasher) 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.21.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.13.W1.S1) and character.