Jeremiah 19:11:16Jer.19.11.W16TAB
אֲשֶׁ֛ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ka-KHA eSH-be-OR et-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-et-ha-IR ha-ZOT ka-a-SHER yiSH-bor et-ke-LI ha-yo-TSER a-SHER lo-yu-KHAL le-he-ra-FE OD
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ka-KHA eSH-be-OR et-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-et-ha-IR ha-ZOT ka-a-SHER yiSH-bor et-ke-LI ha-yo-TSER a-SHER lo-yu-KHAL le-he-ra-FE OD u-ve-TO-fet yik-be-RU me-EN ma-KOM lik-BOR
Exegesis
The simile ka-kha eshbor {כָּכָה אֶשְׁבֹּר | kā-kāh ʾeš-bōr} and ka-ʾă-šer yishbor {כַּאֲשֶׁר יִשְׁבֹּר | ka-ʾă-šer yiš-bōr} likens judgment to a potter’s craft, underscoring its irreversible nature.
In context — Jeremiah 19:11
And you shall say to them, "Thus says the LORD of hosts : 'So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel that cannot be repaired again, and in Topheth they will bury for lack of a place to bury.'"
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:11:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Jeremiah 19:11, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֛ר (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.19.11.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.11.W16.S1) and character.