Ezekiel 15:2:6Ezek.15.2.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“which or that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which or that
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 ha-YA
- clause
haz-me-RA a-SHER ha-YA ba-tse hay-YA-ar
- sentence
ben-A-dam ma-ye-HYE ETS-ha-GE-fen mi-kol-ETS haz-me-RA a-SHER ha-YA ba-tse hay-YA-ar
Exegesis
The relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | a-sher} with perfect hayah {הָיָה | hā-yāh} locates the branch among ba-atzey {בַּעֲצֵי | ba-ʿă-tzē} ‘trees,’ specifying its place in ha-yaʿar {הַיָּעַר | ha-yā-ʿar} ‘forest.’ This structure contrasts vine wood and branch with ordinary forest trees, emphasizing their lack of distinction.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin
“fire, burning substance”
In context — Ezekiel 15:2
Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, or the branch that is among the trees of the forest?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 15:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 15:2, 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.15.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.2.W6.S1) and character.