Exodus 39:21:15Exod.39.21.W15TAB
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר
kaasher
“just as”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-SHER
- Extended
- kah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ka.ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- just as
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ka-a-SHER
- clause
ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yir-ke-SU et-ha-KHO-shen mi-tab-be-o-TAV el-tab-OT ha-e-FOD bif-TEEL te-KHE-let lih-YOT al-KHE-shev ha-e-FOD ve-lo-yiz-ZAKH ha-KHO-shen meh-AL ha-e-FOD ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH
Exegesis
The final relational clause kaasher tsivah YHWH et Moshe {כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה | ka-ʾa-šer ṣîw-wāh yə-hō-wāh ʾet mō-šē} “as the LORD commanded Moses” confirms adherence to divine instruction.
In context — Exodus 39:21
And they bound the breastpiece from its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue , to be on the band of the ephod, so that the breastpiece would not slip from upon the ephod, as the LORD commanded Moses.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:21:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Exodus 39:21, so the Hebrew word כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (kaasher) 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.39.21.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.21.W15.S1) and character.