לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר

   la-a-SHER

   for whom or to whom
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר רָחַ֛צְתְּ

   la-a-SHER ra-KHATS-te

   for whom or to whom you washed
3. clause🔊 אֲשֶׁ֨ר מַלְאָ֜ךְ שָׁל֤וּחַ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ וְהִנֵּה־בָ֔אוּ לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר רָחַ֛צְתְּ כָּחַ֥לְתְּ עֵינַ֖יִךְ וְעָ֥דִית עֶֽדִי׃

   a-SHER mal-AKH sha-LU-akh a-le-HEM ve-hin-NE-VA-U la-a-SHER ra-KHATS-te ka-KHAL-te e-NA-yikh ve-a-DIT e-DI

   whom or which a messenger sent to them and behold, they came for whom or to whom you washed you painted your eyes and you adorned ornament
4. sentence🔊 וְאַ֗ף כִּ֤י תִשְׁלַ֙חְנָה֙ לַֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים בָּאִ֖ים מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק אֲשֶׁ֨ר מַלְאָ֜ךְ שָׁל֤וּחַ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ וְהִנֵּה־בָ֔אוּ לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר רָחַ֛צְתְּ כָּחַ֥לְתְּ עֵינַ֖יִךְ וְעָ֥דִית עֶֽדִי׃

   ve-AF KI tish-lakh-NA la-a-na-SHIM ba-IM mim-mer-KHAK a-SHER mal-AKH sha-LU-akh a-le-HEM ve-hin-NE-VA-U la-a-SHER ra-KHATS-te ka-KHAL-te e-NA-yikh ve-a-DIT e-DI

   and even that or indeed they send to men coming from afar whom or which a messenger sent to them and behold, they came for whom or to whom you washed you painted your eyes and you adorned ornament

Exegesis

A second relative la’asher {לַאֲשֶׁר | la-’ă-šer} introduces the sequence of three Qal perfect verbs (raḥaṣt, kāḥalt, we’adit) describing the woman’s ritualized preparations, emphasizing calculated seduction through parallel perfect forms. English renders these clauses sequentially to preserve the Hebrew’s theological and rhetorical emphasis.