Jeremiah 20:2:9Jer.20.2.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“which or that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which or 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER be-SHA-ar bin-ya-MIN
- clause
va-yit-TEN o-TO al-ha-ma-pe-KHET a-SHER be-SHA-ar bin-ya-MIN ha-el-YON a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yak-KE pash-khur ET yir-me-YA-hu ha-na-VI va-yit-TEN o-TO al-ha-ma-pe-KHET a-SHER be-SHA-ar bin-ya-MIN ha-el-YON a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Two nested relative clauses—first asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} with beshaar binyamin haelyon {בְּשַׁעַר בִּנְיָמִן הָעֶלְיוֹן | bə-šaʿ-ar bin-yā-mîn hā-ʿel-yôn} ‘in the upper Benjamin Gate,’ then asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} with bbeit YHWH {בְּבֵית יְהוָה | bə-ḇêṯ Yə-hō-wāh} ‘in the house of the LORD’—precisely locates the scene at the sanctuary entrance. This structure underscores the interplay of civil and sacred authority at the city gate.
Root and etymology
“fire”
In context — Jeremiah 20:2
And Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and he put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 20:2, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֨ר (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.20.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.2.W9.S1) and character.