Genesis 49:30:9Gen.49.30.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁר֩
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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 ka-NA av-ra-HAM
- clause
a-SHER ka-NA av-ra-HAM et-has-sa-DE me-ET ef-RON ha-khit-TI la-a-khu-ZAT-ka-ver
- sentence
bam-me-a-RA a-SHER bis-DE ham-makh-pe-LA a-SHER al-pe-nei-mam-RE be-E-rets ke-NA-an a-SHER ka-NA av-ra-HAM et-has-sa-DE me-ET ef-RON ha-khit-TI la-a-khu-ZAT-ka-ver
Exegesis
The verse features a series of relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which,’ each refining the reference of ba-me'arah {בַּמְּעָרָה | bam-mə-ʿā-rāh} ‘in the cave.’
A further asher-clause signals the legal transaction: asher kanah Avraham et-hasadeh {אֲשֶׁר קָנָה אַבְרָהָם אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶה | ʾă-šer qā-nāh ʾaḇ-rā-hām ʾeṯ-has-śā-ḏeh} where the Qal perfect verb kanah {קָנָה | qā-nāh} presents the completed purchase.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-raleph–shin–resh
“to be happy, blessed”
In context — Genesis 49:30
In the cave located within the field of Machpelah, before Mamre in the land of Canaan—this is the field that Abraham acquired from Ephron the Hittite as a burial possession .
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:30:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 49:30, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֩ (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.49.30.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.30.W9.S1) and character.