Genesis 21:29:9Gen.21.29.W9TAB
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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER hi-TSAV-ta
- clause
MA HE-na SHE-va ke-va-SOT ha-EL-leh a-SHER hi-TSAV-ta le-vad-da-NAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh el-av-ra-HAM MA HE-na SHE-va ke-va-SOT ha-EL-leh a-SHER hi-TSAV-ta le-vad-da-NAH
Exegesis
A restrictive relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ links to the Hifil perfect verb hitsavta {הִצַּבְתָּ | hiṣ-ṣav-tā} ‘you have set.’
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-raleph–shin–resh
“to go straight, to be blessed”
In context — Genesis 21:29
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the significance of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 21:29, 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.21.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.29.W9.S1) and character.