Jeremiah 23:34:4Jer.23.34.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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 yo-MAR
- clause
ve-ha-na-VI ve-ha-ko-HEN ve-ha-AM a-SHER yo-MAR ma-SA ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ha-na-VI ve-ha-ko-HEN ve-ha-AM a-SHER yo-MAR ma-SA ye-ho-VAH u-fa-KAD-ti al-ha-ISH ha-HU ve-al-BET-o
Exegesis
The relative clause `asher yomar {אֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר | ʾă-šer yō-mar} ‘who says’` sets the conditional basis for judgment by attributing the formulaic phrase `massa YHWH {מַשָּׂא יְהוָה | mas-śāʾ Yə-hō-wāh} ‘burden of the LORD’`.
Root and etymology
ʾ-šaleph–shin
“fire”
In context — Jeremiah 23:34
And as for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, "The burden of the LORD ," I will punish that man and his house.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 23:34, 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.23.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.34.W4.S1) and character.