Isaiah 18:1:5Isa.18.1.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“which or that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which or that
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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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER me-E-ver
- clause
a-SHER me-E-ver le-na-ha-RE-KUSH
- sentence
HOY E-rets tsil-TSAL ke-na-FA-yim a-SHER me-E-ver le-na-ha-RE-KUSH
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ introduces a subordinate locative clause.
In context — Isaiah 18:1
Woe to the land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 18:1, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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 Isa.18.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.1.W5.S1) and character.