Genesis 17:21:4Gen.17.21.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר֩
asher
“whom”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom
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 te-LED le-KHA sa-RA
- clause
a-SHER te-LED le-KHA sa-RA lam-mo-ED haz-ZE bash-sha-NA ha-a-khe-RET
- sentence
ve-et-be-ri-TI a-KIM et-yits-KHAK a-SHER te-LED le-KHA sa-RA lam-mo-ED haz-ZE bash-sha-NA ha-a-khe-RET
Exegesis
ʾeṯ-yiṣḥāq {אֶת־יִצְחָ֑ק | ʾeṯ-yiṣḥāq} tightly binds Isaac as the covenant heir, with the relative clause ʾăšer tē-lēḏ lə-ḵā śā-rāh {אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵד לְךָ שָׂרָה} highlighting promised birth.
In context — Genesis 17:21
Yet I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this appointed time in the next year.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 17:21, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֩ (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.17.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.21.W4.S1) and character.