Ezekiel 13:3:8Ezek.13.3.W8TAB

אֲשֶׁ֥ר

asher

who

Transliteration
a-SHER
Extended
ah-SHEHR
IPA
/ʔăˈʃɛr/

Meaning by language

English
who

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Result
אֲ + שֶׁ֥ר
a + sher
asher

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SHER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER hol-khim

  3. clause

    a-SHER hol-khim a-KHAR ru-KHAM u-le-vil-TI RA-u

  4. sentence

    KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH HOI al-ha-ne-vi-IM ha-ne-va-LIM a-SHER hol-khim a-KHAR ru-KHAM u-le-vil-TI RA-u

Exegesis

The relative clause ʾăšer hōlkim ʾaḥar rūḥām {אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֹלְכִ֛ים אַחַ֥ר רוּחָ֖ם | ʾă-šer hōl-kîm ʾa-ḥar rū-ḥām} uses a participle to depict continuous pursuit of inward impulses rather than divine revelation.

In contextEzekiel 13:3

Thus says the Lord GOD : Woe to the foolish prophets who go after their own spirit and have seen nothing.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 13:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 13:3, 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 Ezek.13.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.3.W8.S1) and character.