Isaiah 19:17:16Isa.19.17.W16TAB
אֲשֶׁר־ה֖וּא
asherhu
“which he”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-HU
- Extended
- ah-shehr-HOO
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛrˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which he
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-HU
- clause
mip-ne a-TSAT ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-sher-HU yo-ETS a-LAV
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TA ad-maT ye-hu-DA le-mits-ra-YIM le-kha-GA KOL a-SHER yaz-KIR o-TA e-LAV yif-KHAD mip-ne a-TSAT ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-sher-HU yo-ETS a-LAV
Exegesis
The following relative clause asher-hu yoetz alav {אֲשֶׁר־ה֖וּא יוֹעֵץ עָלָֽיו | ă-šer-hû yō-‘êṣ ‘a-lā-yōw} ‘which he counsels against it’ highlights the ongoing divine strategy. The English rendering preserves Hebrew word order emphasis and causal relationships.
In context — Isaiah 19:17
And the land of Judah shall become a terror to Egypt; everyone who mentions it will be afraid for himself because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts that He has determined against it.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:17:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Isaiah 19:17, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־ה֖וּא (asherhu) 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.19.17.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.17.W16.S1) and character.