Isaiah 37:21:10Isa.37.21.W10TAB
אֲשֶׁר֙
asher
“which or that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which or 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
- clause
ko-A-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER hit-pal-LAL-ta e-LAI el-san-khe-RIV ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ye-sha-ya-HU ven-A-mots el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR ko-A-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER hit-pal-LAL-ta e-LAI el-san-khe-RIV ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The relative asher {אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾăšer} ‘that’ introduces the content clause specifying hitpallalta elai {הִתְפַּלַּ֣לְתָּ אֵלַ֔י | hiṯpallal·tā ʾê·lay} ‘you have prayed to me,’ followed by el-sancheriv {אֶל־סַנְחֵרִ֖יב | el-sannḥerîḇ} ‘against Sennacherib’ in apposition to melek ashshur {מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר | mêleḵ ʾaššūr} ‘king of Assyria.’ The English rendering preserves the Hebrew sequencing from prophetic commission to divine response.
In context — Isaiah 37:21
And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel , ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria.’”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 37:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 37:21, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֙ (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.37.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.37.21.W10.S1) and character.