וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר

   va-a-SHER

   and that which or he who
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר לַחֶ֙רֶב֙

   va-a-SHER la-KHE-rev

   and that which or he who to the sword
3. clause🔊 וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר לַמָּ֤וֶת לַמָּ֙וֶת֙ וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר לַחֶ֙רֶב֙ לַחֶ֔רֶב וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר לָֽרָעָב֙ לָֽרָעָ֔ב וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לַשְּׁבִ֖י לַשֶּֽׁבִי׃

   ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER la-MA-vet la-MA-vet va-a-SHER la-KHE-rev la-KHE-rev va-a-SHER la-ra-AV la-ra-AV va-a-SHER la-she-VI la-SHE-vi

   then you shall say to them thus said the LORD that which or he who to death to death and that which or he who to the sword to the sword and that which or he who to famine to famine and that which or he who to captivity to captivity
4. sentence🔊 וְהָיָ֛ה כִּֽי־יֹאמְר֥וּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ אָ֣נָה נֵצֵ֑א וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר לַמָּ֤וֶת לַמָּ֙וֶת֙ וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר לַחֶ֙רֶב֙ לַחֶ֔רֶב וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר לָֽרָעָב֙ לָֽרָעָ֔ב וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לַשְּׁבִ֖י לַשֶּֽׁבִי׃

   ve-ha-YA ki-yo-me-RU e-LE-kha A-na ne-TSE ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER la-MA-vet la-MA-vet va-a-SHER la-KHE-rev la-KHE-rev va-a-SHER la-ra-AV la-ra-AV va-a-SHER la-she-VI la-SHE-vi

   and it shall be that they will say to you where shall we go out then you shall say to them thus said the LORD that which or he who to death to death and that which or he who to the sword to the sword and that which or he who to famine to famine and that which or he who to captivity to captivity

Exegesis

The relative particle asher {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾă-šer} with lamed-prepositional phrases assigns destinies in a distributive parallelism, and the repetition of each phrase underscores inevitability. English retains Hebrew’s subject–verb–object order and renders the verbs as definitive outcomes to preserve the rhythmic structure.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א-שaleph–shin

“fire”

• 🔊 אִשָּׁהʾî-šāoffering by fireLeviticus 2:3