Exodus 38:21:6Exod.38.21.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
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 poo-KAD
- clause
EH-leh fe-koo-DEE ham-mish-KAN mish-KAN ha-e-DOOT a-SHER poo-KAD al-PI mo-SHEH
- sentence
EH-leh fe-koo-DEE ham-mish-KAN mish-KAN ha-e-DOOT a-SHER poo-KAD al-PI mo-SHEH a-vo-DAT ha-le-vi-YIM be-YAD EE-ta-MAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
The relative clause asher pukad al-pi moshe {אֲשֶׁ֥ר פֻּקַּ֖ד עַל־פִּ֣י מֹשֶׁ֑ה | ʾă-šer pûq-qad ʿal-pî mō-šeh} ‘that was recorded at the command of Moses’ uses a Pual perfect in a defining relative clause to highlight authoritative confirmation.
In context — Exodus 38:21
These are the records of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of Testimony , that were registered at the command of Moses for the service of the Levites by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
About this coordinate
Exodus 38:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 38:21, 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.38.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.38.21.W6.S1) and character.