Joshua 13:17:3Josh.13.17.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
- sentence
khesh-BON ve-KHOL-a-re-HA a-SHER ba-mi-SHOR di-VON u-va-MOT BA-al u-VEIT BA-al me-ON
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer} introduces a restrictive clause specifying location with bamishor {בַּמִּישֹׁר | bā-mî-šôr} ‘in the plain’.
In context — Joshua 13:17
Heshbon and all its towns that are in the plain ; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, and Beth Baal Meon.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 13:17, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר (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.13.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.17.W3.S1) and character.