Jeremiah 22:28:17Jer.22.28.W17TAB

אֲשֶׁ֥ר

asher

which

Transliteration
a-SHER
Extended
ah-SHEHR
IPA
/ʔăˈʃɛr/

Meaning by language

English
which

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Result
אֲ + שֶׁ֥ר
a + sher
asher

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SHER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER lo-ya-DA-u

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextJeremiah 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.