Genesis 19:21:12Gen.19.21.W12TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“of which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHER
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- of which
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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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER di-BAR-ta
- clause
le-vil-TI hof-KI et-ha-IR a-SHER di-BAR-ta
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV hi-NEH na-SA-ti fa-NE-kha GAM la-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-vil-TI hof-KI et-ha-IR a-SHER di-BAR-ta
Exegesis
The marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} introduces et-ha-ir {הָעִיר | hā-ʿîr} ‘the city’, and the relative clause asher dibarta {אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ | ʾă-šer dib-bar-tā} ‘which you have spoken of’ further defines it. The English rendering preserves the logical progression from concession to extended request to promised restraint through clear connectors.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-šaleph–shin–shin
“fire, blaze”
In context — Genesis 19:21
And He said to him, “Behold, I have shown favor to you also concerning this matter , so that I will not overthrow the city which you have spoken of.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 19:21, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.19.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.21.W12.S1) and character.