Jeremiah 23:8:5Jer.23.8.W5TAB
וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר
vaasher
“and who”
- Transliteration
- va-a-SHER
- Extended
- vah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /vaʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and who
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
va-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER he-e-LA va-a-SHER he-VI
- clause
KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA va-a-SHER he-VI et-ZE-ra BET yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FO-na u-mik-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-DAKH-tim SHAM
- sentence
KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA va-a-SHER he-VI et-ZE-ra BET yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FO-na u-mik-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-DAKH-tim SHAM ve-yash-VU al-ad-ma-TAM
Exegesis
Two relative clauses follow, each introduced by ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer}, highlighting divine action with Hiphil perfect verbs hēʿelāh {הֶעֱלָה | hē-ʿĕ-lâh} “brought up” and hēvîʾ {הֵבִיא | hē-ḇîʾ} “led,” underscoring God’s deliverance from mê-ʾereṣ ṣāpōnāh û-mikkōl hā-ʾărāṣōt.
Root and etymology
ʾ-šaleph–shin
“fire”
In context — Jeremiah 23:8
Rather, as long as the LORD lives—He who raised up and guided the seed of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from every region to which I had driven them—they shall reside in their own land.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 23:8, so the Hebrew word וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר (vaasher) 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.23.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.8.W5.S1) and character.