Joshua 13:8:6Josh.13.8.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁר֩
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃeʁ/
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 na-TAN la-HEM
- clause
a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH be-E-ver ha-yar-DEN miz-RA-cha ka-a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH E-ved Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
im-MO ha-re-u-VE-ni ve-ha-GA-di lak-KHU na-cha-la-TAM a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH be-E-ver ha-yar-DEN miz-RA-cha ka-a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH E-ved Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} introduces a defining clause.
In context — Joshua 13:8
With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh, the Reubenites and the Gadites took their inheritance , which Moses had given to them east of the Jordan, just as Moses, the servant of the LORD , had given to them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 13:8, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֩ (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.13.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.8.W6.S1) and character.