Jeremiah 22:28:17Jer.22.28.W17TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-ya-DA-u
- clause
ma-DU-a hu-ta-LU HU ve-ZAR-o ve-hush-le-KHU al-ha-A-rets a-SHER lo-ya-DA-u
- sentence
ha-E-tsev niv-ZE na-FUTS ha-ISH ha-ZE kan-YA-hu im-ke-LI EN KHE-fets BO ma-DU-a hu-ta-LU HU ve-ZAR-o ve-hush-le-KHU al-ha-A-rets a-SHER lo-ya-DA-u
Exegesis
The clause al-ha-aretz asher loyadu {עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָדָֽעוּ | ʿal-hā-’ā-reṣ ’ă-šer lō-ya-ḏā-‘û} ‘upon the land which they did not know’ frames the result clause, highlighting involuntary exile.
In context — Jeremiah 22:28
Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot, or a vessel in which there is no delight? Why have they—he and his offspring —been cast out and thrown upon a land which they did not know?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:28:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Jeremiah 22:28, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.22.28.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.28.W17.S1) and character.