Isaiah 17:8:6Isa.17.8.W6TAB
וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר
vaasher
“and which”
- Transliteration
- va-a-SHER
- Extended
- vah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /va.ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and which
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-SHER A-su ets-be-o-TAV
- clause
va-a-SHER A-su ets-be-o-TAV LO yir-e-E ve-ha-a-she-RIM ve-ha-kha-ma-NIM
- sentence
ve-LO yish-e-E el-ha-miz-be-KHOT ma-a-SE ya-DAV va-a-SHER A-su ets-be-o-TAV LO yir-e-E ve-ha-a-she-RIM ve-ha-kha-ma-NIM
Exegesis
The construct chain maʿaseh yadav {מַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו | maʿăśēh yāḏāyw} ‘work of his hands’ highlights human agency, further specified by the relative clause vaʿasher asu etzbaʿotav {וַאֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֶצְבְּעֹתָיו | wa-ʾăšer ʿāśû ʾeṣbəʿôtāyw} ‘that they made, his fingers.’
In context — Isaiah 17:8
He will not pay attention to the altars, the work of his hands and that which his fingers have made; he will not look at the Asherim or the sun-pillars .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 17:8, so the Hebrew word וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר (vaasher) 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 Isa.17.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.8.W6.S1) and character.