Genesis 39:1:14Gen.39.1.W14TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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 ho-ri-DU-hu
- clause
va-yik-NE-hu po-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM ISH mi-tse-RI mi-YAD ha-yish-me-e-LIM a-SHER ho-ri-DU-hu sham-MA
- sentence
ve-yo-SEF hu-RAD mi-tse-RAI-ma va-yik-NE-hu po-ti-FAR se-RIS pa-re-O SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM ISH mi-tse-RI mi-YAD ha-yish-me-e-LIM a-SHER ho-ri-DU-hu sham-MA
Exegesis
The relative clause asher horiduhu shamah {אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִדֻהוּ שָׁמָּה | ʾă-šer hô-rî-ḏû-hû šām-mā} ‘who had brought him there’ reinforces the theme of forced descent through a second causative verb.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh–resh
“ruler, prince”
In context — Genesis 39:1
Joseph was brought into Egypt, and Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard , an Egyptian man, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 39:1, 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.39.1.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.1.W14.S1) and character.