Exodus 22:16:4Exod.22.16.W4TABWLC Exodus 22:15
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ahsher
“who”
- Transliteration
- ah-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈʃɛr/
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
ah-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
ah-SHER lo-oh-RA-sah
- clause
ve-khi-ye-fat-TEH EESH be-too-LAH ah-SHER lo-oh-RA-sah ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH
- sentence
ve-khi-ye-fat-TEH EESH be-too-LAH ah-SHER lo-oh-RA-sah ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH ma-HOR yim-ha-REN-na LO le-ish-SHAH
Exegesis
The Piel imperfect yefatteh {יְפַתֶּה | yə-pat-teh} conveys deliberate persuasion, with ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} as subject and betulah {בְּתוּלָה | bə-tū-lāh} as object, modified by the negative relative clause asher lo-orasah {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־אֹרָשָׂה | ʾă-šer lō-ʾō-rā-sāh} “who is not betrothed.”
In context — Exodus 22:16
And if a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he must surely pay the bride-price and she shall be his wife.
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 22:16, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (ahsher) 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.22.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.16.W4.S1) and character.