Genesis 49:32:4Gen.49.32.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר־בּ֖וֹ
asherbo
“which is in it”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-BO
- Extended
- ah-shehr-BOH
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.ˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which is in it
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
a-sher-BO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ham-me-a-RA a-sher-BO
- sentence
mik-NEH ha-sa-DEH ve-ham-me-a-RA a-sher-BO me-ET be-nei-KHET
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-bo {אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ | ʾă-šer-bô} ‘within it’ locates the cave.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-raleph–shin–resh
“to be happy, blessed”
In context — Genesis 49:32
The acquisition of the field and its cave was from the sons of Heth .
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 49:32, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־בּ֖וֹ (asherbo) 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.49.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.32.W4.S1) and character.