Jeremiah 22:9:3Jer.22.9.W3TAB
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
a-SHER az-VE-VU
- clause
ve-AM-ru AL a-SHER az-VE-VU et-be-RIT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem
- sentence
ve-AM-ru AL a-SHER az-VE-VU et-be-RIT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-yish-ta-kha-VU le-e-lo-HIM a-KHE-rim va-ya-VE-DUM
Exegesis
The causal compound al asher {עַל אֲשֶׁר | ʿal ʾă-šer} “because of that” links the declaration to Israel’s prior disloyalty.
In context — Jeremiah 22:9
And they will say, “Because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD their God , bowed down to other gods , and served them.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 22:9, 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.22.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.9.W3.S1) and character.