Genesis 39:23:7Gen.39.23.W7TAB
בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר
baasher
“because”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-SHER
- Extended
- bah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ba.ʔă.ˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ba-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
ba-a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
EIN SAR beit-ha-SO-har ro-EH et-kol-me-u-MAH be-ya-DO ba-a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH it-TO
- sentence
EIN SAR beit-ha-SO-har ro-EH et-kol-me-u-MAH be-ya-DO ba-a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH it-TO va-a-sher-HU o-SEH Ye-ho-VAH mats-LI-akh
Exegesis
The relative clause ba-asher YHWH ito {בַּאֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אִתּ֑וֹ | ba-ʾă-šer YHWH ʾit-tô} carries a causal sense ‘because the LORD was with him,’ explaining the prison chief’s confidence.
Root and etymology
š-r-rshin–resh–resh
“to rule, exercise authority”
In context — Genesis 39:23
The chief of the prison house did not look into anything that was in his hand, because the LORD was with him, and whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed .
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 39:23, so the Hebrew word בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (baasher) 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.39.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.23.W7.S1) and character.