Jeremiah 17:2:4Jer.17.2.W4TAB
וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶ֖ם
vaasherehem
“and their Asherim”
- Transliteration
- va-a-she-re-HEM
- Extended
- vah-ah-sheh-reh-HEHM
- IPA
- /va.ʔăʃeːrɛˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their Asherim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-she-re-HEM
- clause
kiz-KOR be-ne-HEM miz-be-KHO-tam va-a-she-re-HEM al-ETS ra-a-NA-n
- sentence
kiz-KOR be-ne-HEM miz-be-KHO-tam va-a-she-re-HEM al-ETS ra-a-NA-n AL ge-va-OT ha-ge-VO-hot
Exegesis
The coordinated objects mizbechotam {מִזְבְּחוֹתָם | miz-bə-ḥō-tām} ‘their altars’ and va-asheirehem {וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶם | wa-ʾă-šê-rê-hem} ‘their Asherim’ highlight inherited Canaanite cultic practices.
Root and etymology
ʾ-sh
“fire”
In context — Jeremiah 17:2
While their children remember their altars and their Asherim, beside every green tree on the high hills.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 17:2, so the Hebrew word וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶ֖ם (vaasherehem) 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.17.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.2.W4.S1) and character.