Jeremiah 17:19:14Jer.17.19.W14TAB
וַאֲשֶׁ֖ר
vaasher
“and which”
- Transliteration
- va-a-SHER
- Extended
- vah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /vaʔăˈʃɛr/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-SHER
- clause
ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI ha-LOKH ve-a-mad-TA be-SHA-ar be-NE-eem ha-AM a-SHER ya-VO-u VO mal-KHEI ye-hu-DA va-a-SHER ye-tsE-U VO
- sentence
ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI ha-LOKH ve-a-mad-TA be-SHA-ar be-NE-eem ha-AM a-SHER ya-VO-u VO mal-KHEI ye-hu-DA va-a-SHER ye-tsE-U VO u-ve-KHOL sha-a-REI ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
Two relative clauses asher yavou bo {אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ בּוֹ | ʾă-šer yā-vō-’ū bō} and vaasher yetseu bo {וַאֲשֶׁר יֵצְאוּ בּוֹ | wə-ʾă-šer yê-ṣê-’ū bō} specify the gate used by the kings of Judah.
Root and etymology
ʾ-sh
“fire”
In context — Jeremiah 17:19
Thus the LORD said to me, “Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, the one by which the kings of Judah enter and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:19:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Jeremiah 17:19, so the Hebrew word וַאֲשֶׁ֖ר (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 Jer.17.19.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.19.W14.S1) and character.