Joshua 14:9:8Josh.14.9.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER dar-KHA rag-le-KHA
- clause
va-yi-sha-VA mo-SHEH ba-YOM ha-HU le-MOR im-LO ha-A-retz a-SHER dar-KHA rag-le-KHA BAH le-KHA tih-YE le-na-kha-LA u-le-va-NE-kha ad-o-LAM
- sentence
va-yi-sha-VA mo-SHEH ba-YOM ha-HU le-MOR im-LO ha-A-retz a-SHER dar-KHA rag-le-KHA BAH le-KHA tih-YE le-na-kha-LA u-le-va-NE-kha ad-o-LAM ki mil-LE-ta a-kha-REI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI
Exegesis
The clause haaretz asher darekhah raglekha bah {הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר דָּרְכָ֤ה רַגְלְךָ֙ בָּ֔הּ} uses the relative pronoun asher and perfect darekhah to describe the land traversed by the foot.
In context — Joshua 14:9
So Moses swore on that day, “Surely the land on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have fully followed after the LORD my God .”
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 14:9, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֨ר (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.14.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.9.W8.S1) and character.