Ezekiel 20:32:6Ezek.20.32.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 a-TEM o-me-RIM
- clause
a-SHER a-TEM o-me-RIM nih-he-YE kha-go-YIM khe-mish-pe-KHOT ha-a-ra-TSOT le-sha-RET ETS va-A-ven
- sentence
ve-ha-o-LA al-RU-kha-khem ha-YO LO tih-he-YE a-SHER a-TEM o-me-RIM nih-he-YE kha-go-YIM khe-mish-pe-KHOT ha-a-ra-TSOT le-sha-RET ETS va-A-ven
Exegesis
The relative clause asher atem omrim {אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם אֹמְרִים | ʾă-šer ʾă-têm ʾōm-rîm} introduces their speech act.
In context — Ezekiel 20:32
And the thought that has arisen in your minds will not come to pass—that which you are saying: “We will be like the nations, like the clans of the lands, to serve wood and stone.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:32:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 20:32, 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.20.32.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.32.W6.S1) and character.