Jeremiah 17:22:12Jer.17.22.W12TAB
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר
kaasher
“as”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-SHER
- Extended
- kah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /kaʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- as
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ka-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER tsi-VI-ti
- clause
ve-kid-dash-TEM et-YOM ha-sha-BAT ka-a-SHER tsi-VI-ti et-a-vo-TE-khem
- sentence
ve-LO-to-TSI-u ma-SA mi-ba-TE-khem be-YOM ha-sha-BAT ve-KHOL-me-la-KHA LO ta-a-SU ve-kid-dash-TEM et-YOM ha-sha-BAT ka-a-SHER tsi-VI-ti et-a-vo-TE-khem
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by ka-asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-’ăšer} ‘as/according to’ with the Piel perfect tziviti {צִוִּיתִי | ṣivvî-tî} ‘I commanded’ links the ordinance to ancestral tradition, creating a balanced structure of prohibition and sanctification.
Root and etymology
ʾ-sh
“fire”
In context — Jeremiah 17:22
And you shall not bring out any burden from your houses on the Sabbath day, and you shall not do any work, but you shall sanctify the Sabbath day as I commanded your fathers.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 17:22, so the Hebrew word כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (kaasher) 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.17.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.22.W12.S1) and character.