Ezekiel 20:9:10Ezek.20.9.W10TAB
אֲשֶׁ֛ר
asher
“in which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in 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
- clause
a-SHER-HE-ma be-to-KHAM a-SHER no-da-TI a-le-HEM le-e-ne-HEM le-ho-tsi-AM me-ER-ets mits-ra-YIM
- sentence
va-a-AS le-MA-an she-MI le-vil-TI he-KHEL le-e-NE ha-go-YIM a-SHER-HE-ma be-to-KHAM a-SHER no-da-TI a-le-HEM le-e-ne-HEM le-ho-tsi-AM me-ER-ets mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The participial relative haggoyim aserhemmah bam {הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר-הֵמָּה בָּם | haggōyim ă-šer-hēmmah bām} situates the context among foreign nations.
In context — Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for the sake of My name , so as not to be profaned before the eyes of the nations among whom they were and in whose sight I made Myself known by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 20:9, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֛ר (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.20.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.9.W10.S1) and character.