Joshua 13:10:6Josh.13.10.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /aˈʃɛr/
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 ma-LAKH
- clause
ve-KOL a-REI si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER ma-LAKH be-khesh-BON
- sentence
ve-KOL a-REI si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER ma-LAKH be-khesh-BON ad-ge-VUL be-NEI am-MON
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾăšêr} ‘who’ introduces a defining clause containing the Qal perfect verb malakh {מָלַ֖ךְ | mālaḵ} ‘ruled’, indicating completed sovereignty.
In context — Joshua 13:10
And all the cities of Sihon, king of the Amorite , who ruled in Heshbon , up to the border of the sons of Ammon
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 13:10, 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 Josh.13.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.10.W6.S1) and character.