Genesis 44:1:9Gen.44.1.W9TAB
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר
kaasher
“as much as”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-SHER
- Extended
- kah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ka.ʔa.ˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- as much as
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ka-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER yukh-LUN
- clause
va-ye-TSAV et-a-SHER al-bei-TO le-MOR mal-LE et-am-te-KHOT ha-a-na-SHIM O-khel ka-a-SHER yukh-LUN se-ET
- sentence
va-ye-TSAV et-a-SHER al-bei-TO le-MOR mal-LE et-am-te-KHOT ha-a-na-SHIM O-khel ka-a-SHER yukh-LUN se-ET ve-SIM ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO
Exegesis
The comparative-temporal clause ka’asher yûḵlûn śəʾēt {כַּאֲשֶׁר יוּכְלוּן שְׂאֵת | kaʾăšer yûḵlûn śəʾēt} “as they are able to carry” modifies the extent of filling.
In context — Genesis 44:1
And he commanded the one over his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food as much as they are able to carry, and put the silver of each man in the mouth of his sack.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 44:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 44:1, so the Hebrew word כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (kaasher) 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.44.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.1.W9.S1) and character.