Ezekiel 20:14:8Ezek.20.14.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
asher
“which, or whom”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which, or whom
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
- clause
le-vil-TI he-KHEL le-e-NE ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-tse-TIM le-e-NE-hem
- sentence
va-e-E-SE le-MA-an she-MI le-vil-TI he-KHEL le-e-NE ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-tse-TIM le-e-NE-hem
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le’enei ha-goyim {לְעֵינֵי הַגּוֹיִם | lə-ʿê-nê ha-ggo-yim} ‘before the eyes of the nations’ establishes surrounding peoples as witnesses, which is reinforced by the relative clause asher hotzeitim {אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִים | ʾa-šer ho-tse-ʾî-tîm} ‘whom I brought out’ and the final phrase le’eneihem {לְעֵינֵיהֶם | lə-ʿê-nê-hem} ‘before their eyes’ for emphasis on public vindication.
In context — Ezekiel 20:14
But I acted for the sake of My name so that it would not be profaned before the eyes of the nations to whom I brought them out .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 20:14, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֖ר (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.20.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.14.W8.S1) and character.