Genesis 39:20:9Gen.39.20.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁר־אֲסִירֵ֥י
asherasirei
“where the prisoners of”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-a-si-REI
- Extended
- ah-shehr-ah-SEE-REE
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.ʔă.siː.ˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- where the prisoners of
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-a-si-REI
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF o-TO va-yit-te-NE-hu el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-sher-a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh a-su-RIM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF o-TO va-yit-te-NE-hu el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-sher-a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh a-su-RIM va-ye-hi-SHAM be-VEIT ha-SO-har
Exegesis
The appositional noun mekom {מְקוֹם | mə-qôm} ‘place’ is followed by a relative clause introduced by ʾasher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}, specifying the function of this location.
Inside this clause, the sequence asurei ʾasirei hamelekh asurim {אסורי אֲסִירֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲסוּרִים | ʾă-surê ʾă-sî-rê ham-me-lek ʾă-sû-rîm} piles up a construct participle ‘bound ones of,’ a construct noun ‘prisoners of the king,’ and a final participle ‘imprisoned,’ intensifying the depiction of captivity as both binding and confinement under royal authority.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh–resh
“ruler, prince”
In context — Genesis 39:20
And the master of Joseph took him and put him into the house of the prison , the place where the king’s prisoners were bound. And he was there in the house of the prison.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 39:20, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־אֲסִירֵ֥י (asherasirei) 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.39.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.20.W9.S1) and character.