Genesis 39:3:7Gen.39.3.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁר־ה֣וּא
asherhu
“that he”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-HU
- Extended
- ah-shehr-HOO
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.ˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-HU
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-HU o-SE
- clause
ve-KHOL a-sher-HU o-SE Ye-ho-VAH mats-LI-akh be-ya-DO
- sentence
va-YAR a-do-NAV KI Ye-ho-VAH it-TO ve-KHOL a-sher-HU o-SE Ye-ho-VAH mats-LI-akh be-ya-DO
Exegesis
The construction vekol asher-hu oseh {וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־הוּא עֹשֶׂה | wə-kōl ʾăšer-hû ʿōśeh} forms a relative clause ‘all that he does’, with the Qal participle expressing ongoing action.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh–resh
“ruler, prince”
In context — Genesis 39:3
And his master observed that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD caused everything he did to succeed in his hand.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 39:3, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־ה֣וּא (asherhu) 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.39.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.3.W7.S1) and character.