Genesis 13:18:7Gen.13.18.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“which was”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which was
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 be-khev-RON
- clause
va-ye-e-HAL av-RAM va-ya-VO va-YE-shev be-e-lo-NE mam-RE a-SHER be-khev-RON
- sentence
va-ye-e-HAL av-RAM va-ya-VO va-YE-shev be-e-lo-NE mam-RE a-SHER be-khev-RON va-yi-ven-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The locative phrase be'elonei Mamre {בְּאֵלֹנֵ֥י מַמְרֵ֖א | bə-ʾê-lō-nê mam-rēʾ} ‘in the oaks of Mamre’ is restricted by the relative clause asher beChevron {אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּחֶבְרוֹ֑ן | ʾă-šer bə-ḥeḇ-rōn} ‘which are in Hebron’.
In context — Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent, came to the oaks of Mamre near Hebron, and settled there; there he built an altar to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 13:18, 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 Gen.13.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.18.W7.S1) and character.