Genesis 18:19:20Gen.18.19.W20TAB
אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֖ר
asherdiber
“that he spoke”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-di-BER
- Extended
- ah-shehr-dih-BEHR
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.dib.ˈbɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he spoke
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 | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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-di-BER
- phraseyour reading level
ET a-sher-di-BER
- clause
le-MA-an ha-VI Ye-ho-VAH al-av-ra-HAM ET a-sher-di-BER a-LAV
- sentence
KI ye-da-TIV le-ma-AN a-SHER ye-tsav-VE et-ba-NAV ve-et-bei-TO a-kha-RAV ve-sham-RU DE-rekh Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT tse-da-KA u-mish-PAT le-MA-an ha-VI Ye-ho-VAH al-av-ra-HAM ET a-sher-di-BER a-LAV
Exegesis
A second purpose clause introduced by a repeated lema‘an {לְמַעַן | ləmaʿan} focuses on divine action, with the Hiphil infinitive construct havi {הָבִיא | hāḇîʾ} “to bring” and its goal al Avraham {עַל־אַבְרָהָם | ʿal ʾaḇrāhām}, while the relative clause with asher dibber alav {אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר עָלָיו | ʾăšer dibbēr ʿālâyw} “that He spoke concerning him” identifies the content of the promise. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew clause order of reason–purpose chains and shifts verb–subject order for natural flow, maintaining the link between Abraham’s household obedience and the fulfillment of divine promise.
Root and etymology
“to speak; a word”
In context — Genesis 18:19
For I have known him so that he may command his sons and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD , by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken concerning him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:19:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Genesis 18:19, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֖ר (asherdiber) 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.18.19.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.19.W20.S1) and character.