Ezekiel 16:17:6Ezek.16.17.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
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 na-TAT-ti LAKH
- clause
va-tik-KHI ke-LE tif-a-re-TEKH miz-ze-ha-VI u-mik-kas-PI a-SHER na-TAT-ti LAKH va-ta-a-SI-LAKH tsal-ME za-KHAR
- sentence
va-tik-KHI ke-LE tif-a-re-TEKH miz-ze-ha-VI u-mik-kas-PI a-SHER na-TAT-ti LAKH va-ta-a-SI-LAKH tsal-ME za-KHAR va-tiz-NI-VAM
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by ăšer {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ăšer} relates to nāṯattî {נָתַ֣תִּי | nāṯattî} ‘I gave’.
In context — Ezekiel 16:17
And you took the ornaments of your beauty from my gold and my silver, which I had given you, and you made for yourself images of men, and you committed adultery with them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 16:17, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (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.16.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.17.W6.S1) and character.