Joshua 13:3:2Josh.13.3.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
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 al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim
- clause
min-ha-shi-KHOR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON tsa-fo-NAH la-ke-na-a-NI te-cha-SHEV
- sentence
min-ha-shi-KHOR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON tsa-fo-NAH la-ke-na-a-NI te-cha-SHEV cha-ME-shet sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ha-a-za-TI ve-ha-ash-do-DI ha-esh-klo-NI ha-gi-TI ve-ha-ek-ro-NI ve-ha-a-VIM
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ links to al-penei mitzrayim {עַל־פְּנֵי מִצְרָיִם | ’al-pə-nê miṣ-rā-yim} ‘upon the face of Egypt’.
In context — Joshua 13:3
From the Shihor which lies upon the face of Egypt and extends to the border of Ekron northward, it is reckoned as Canaanite territory. There are five lords of the Philistines , namely the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 13:3, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (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.13.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.3.W2.S1) and character.