Genesis 20:9:16Gen.20.9.W16TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-ye-a-SU
- clause
ma-a-SIM a-SHER lo-ye-a-SU a-SI-ta im-ma-DI
- sentence
va-yik-RA a-vi-ME-lekh le-av-ra-HAM va-YO-mer LO meh-a-SI-ta LA-nu u-me-kha-TA-ti LAKH ki-he-VE-a-ta a-LAI ve-al-mam-lakh-TI kha-ta-A ge-do-LA ma-a-SIM a-SHER lo-ye-a-SU a-SI-ta im-ma-DI
Exegesis
The noun phrase chataah gedolah {חֲטָאָה גְדֹלָה | ḥă-ṭā-ʾāh gə-ḏō-lāh} heightens the severity of the offense, and the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} plus lo yeasu {לֹא־יֵעָשׂוּ | lōʾ-yē-ʿā-śû} portrays Abraham’s actions as beyond acceptable norms.
In context — Genesis 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? What sin have I committed against you, that you have brought upon me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me deeds that must not be done.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:9:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 20:9, 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.20.9.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.9.W16.S1) and character.