Genesis 21:25:7Gen.21.25.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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 ga-ze-LU
- clause
al-o-DOT be-ER ha-MA-yim a-SHER ga-ze-LU av-DEI a-vi-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-ho-KHI-akh av-ra-HAM ET-a-vi-ME-lekh al-o-DOT be-ER ha-MA-yim a-SHER ga-ze-LU av-DEI a-vi-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ links to the clause where gazlu {גָּזְל֖וּ | gāz-lû} ‘they seized’ takes avdei Avimelekh {עַבְדֵ֥י אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ | ʿaḇ-dê ʾăḇî-me-leḵ} ‘servants of Abimelech’ as its subject. English rendering adjusts word order for clarity while preserving the formal tone of a legal complaint and specifying the well as the focus of dispute.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-raleph–shin–resh
“to go straight, to be blessed”
In context — Genesis 21:25
Abraham reproved Abimelech over the well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 21:25, 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.21.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.25.W7.S1) and character.