Genesis 13:14:12Gen.13.14.W12TAB
אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֣ה
asherata
“where you are”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-a-TA
- Extended
- ah-shehr-ah-TAA
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.ʔat.ˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- where you are
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-a-TA
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-a-TA SHAM
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-av-RAM a-kha-REI hip-pa-red-LOT me-im-MO SA NA ei-NE-kha u-re-E min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-a-TA SHAM
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-av-RAM a-kha-REI hip-pa-red-LOT me-im-MO SA NA ei-NE-kha u-re-E min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-a-TA SHAM tsa-FO-na va-NEG-ba va-KED-ma va-YAM-ma
Exegesis
The locative phrase min-ha-makom ʾašer-ʾattā šām {מִן־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה שָׁם} ‘from the place where you are’ anchors the vantage point.
In context — Genesis 13:14
After Lot had separated from him, the LORD said to Abram, “Please lift up your eyes and look out from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 13:14, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֣ה (asherata) 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 Gen.13.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.14.W12.S1) and character.