Genesis 15:4:9Gen.15.4.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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 ye-TSE mim-me-E-kha
- clause
ki-IM a-SHER ye-TSE mim-me-E-kha HU yi-ra-SHE-kha
- sentence
ve-hin-NEH de-var-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV le-MOR LO yi-rash-KHA ZEH ki-IM a-SHER ye-TSE mim-me-E-kha HU yi-ra-SHE-kha
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} specifies the true heir as the one who yetse {יֵצֵא | yē-ṣēʾ} ‘will come forth’ from Abram’s own body, expressed by the idiom mimeekha {מִמֵּעֶיךָ | mim-mē-ʿe-kā} ‘from your inward parts’, emphasizing physical, biological descent.
In context — Genesis 15:4
And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but rather the one who shall come forth from your own inner being —he shall be your heir.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 15:4, 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.15.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.4.W9.S1) and character.