Jeremiah 17:4:10Jer.17.4.W10TAB

אֲשֶׁ֣ר

asher

which

Transliteration
a-SHER
Extended
ah-SHEHR
IPA
/ʔăˈʃɛr/

Meaning by language

English
which

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Result
אֲ + שֶׁ֣ר
a + sher
asher

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SHER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER lo-ya-DAT-ta

  3. clause

    ve-sha-MAT-ta u-ve-KHA min-na-kha-LAT-kha a-SHER na-TAT-ti LAKH ve-ha-a-vad-TI-kha et-OI-ve-kha ba-A-rets a-SHER lo-ya-DAT-ta

  4. sentence

    ve-sha-MAT-ta u-ve-KHA min-na-kha-LAT-kha a-SHER na-TAT-ti LAKH ve-ha-a-vad-TI-kha et-OI-ve-kha ba-A-rets a-SHER lo-ya-DAT-ta ki-ESH ke-dakh-TEM be-a-PI ad-O-lam tu-KAD

Exegesis

The relative clause asher loyadata {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדָעְתָּ | ʾă-šer lō-yā-ḏaʿ-tā} modifies baaretz {בָּאָרֶץ | bā-ʾā-reṣ}, emphasizing exile’s unfamiliarity.

Root and etymology

ʾ-sh

fire

In contextJeremiah 17:4

And you shall let go of your inheritance which I gave you, and I will make you serve your enemies in a land you did not know because you kindled a fire in my anger , and it shall burn forever.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 17:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 17:4, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (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 Jer.17.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.4.W10.S1) and character.