Jeremiah 21:1:2Jer.21.1.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה
asherhaya
“which was”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-ha-YA
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-haa-YAA
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.haːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which was
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-ha-YA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ha-YA el-yir-me-YA-hu
- clause
ha-da-VAR a-SHER-ha-YA el-yir-me-YA-hu me-ET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ha-da-VAR a-SHER-ha-YA el-yir-me-YA-hu me-ET ye-ho-VAH bish-lo-AKH e-LAV ha-ME-lekh tsid-ki-YA-hu et-pa-she-KHUR ben-mal-ki-YA ve-et-tse-fan-YA ven-ma-a-SE-ya ha-ko-HEN le-MOR
Exegesis
The relative particle asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ə̆-šer} ‘which’ introduces a relative clause linked to the verb hayah {הָיָה | hā-yā́h}, creating a circumstantial statement.
Root and etymology
א־ש
“fire”
In context — Jeremiah 21:1
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur son of Malkiah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest to him, saying ,
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 21:1, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה (asherhaya) 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.21.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.1.W2.S1) and character.