Job 22:15:4Job.22.15.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
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
- clause
a-SHER dar-KHU me-TE-A-ven
- sentence
ha-O-rakh o-LAM tish-MOR a-SHER dar-KHU me-TE-A-ven
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ’ă-šer} ‘that’ introduces a restrictive clause whose verb darkhu {דָּרְכ֣וּ | dār-ḵû} ‘they have walked’ (Qal perfect, third person common plural) indicates prior action.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire”
In context — Job 22:15
Will you keep the everlasting path that men of iniquity have walked ?
About this coordinate
Job 22:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 22:15, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֖ר (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 Job.22.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.15.W4.S1) and character.