Jeremiah 24:3:16Jer.24.3.W16TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“which or that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which or 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-te-o-KHAL-na
- clause
ha-te-e-NIM ha-to-VOT to-VOT me-OD ve-ha-ra-OT ra-OT me-OD a-SHER lo-te-o-KHAL-na me-RO-a
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH e-LAI MA-a-TA ro-E yir-me-YA-hu va-o-MAR te-e-NIM ha-te-e-NIM ha-to-VOT to-VOT me-OD ve-ha-ra-OT ra-OT me-OD a-SHER lo-te-o-KHAL-na me-RO-a
Exegesis
The relative clause asher lo-te-akhalnah meroa {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־תֵאָכַלְנָה מֵרֹעַ | ʾăšer lō-teʾākhalnāh mêrōʿaʿ} “which cannot be eaten because of evil” links inedibility to spoilage, completing the prophetic sign-act structure.
Root and etymology
ś-rś–r
“ruler”
In context — Jeremiah 24:3
And the LORD said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs. The good figs are very good, but the bad ones are very bad—so bad that they cannot be eaten because of their badness .”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 24:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Jeremiah 24:3, 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.24.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.24.3.W16.S1) and character.