Jeremiah 19:4:2Jer.19.4.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
YA-an a-SHER a-za-VU-ni
- clause
YA-an a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-nak-KHE-ru et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE va-ye-kat-TE-ru-VO le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM a-SHER lo-ye-da-UM HE-ma va-a-vo-te-HEM u-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
YA-an a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-nak-KHE-ru et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE va-ye-kat-TE-ru-VO le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM a-SHER lo-ye-da-UM HE-ma va-a-vo-te-HEM u-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA u-mal-E-u et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE DAM ne-ki-YIM
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ links successive clauses.
In context — Jeremiah 19:4
Because they have forsaken Me and have estranged this place, burning incense here to other gods that neither they, nor their fathers, nor the kings of Judah had known, and have filled this place with the blood of the innocent .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 19:4, 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.19.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.4.W2.S1) and character.