לֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁ֤ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁ֤ר

   la-a-SHER

   both those who
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁ֤ר בְּבֵית־שְׁאָן֙

   la-a-SHER be-VEIT-she-AN

   both those who are in Beth-shean
3. clause🔊 וְרֶ֣כֶב בַּרְזֶ֗ל בְּכָל־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ הַיֹּשֵׁ֣ב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־הָעֵ֔מֶק לֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁ֤ר בְּבֵית־שְׁאָן֙ וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְלַֽאֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵ֥מֶק יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃

   ve-RE-khev bar-ZEL be-KHOL-hak-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV be-E-retz-ha-E-mek la-a-SHER be-VEIT-she-AN uv-no-TE-ha ve-la-a-SHER be-E-mek yiz-re-EL

   and chariots of iron with all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley both those who are in Beth-shean and its villages and those who in the valley Jezreel.
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף לֹֽא־יִמָּ֥צֵא לָ֖נוּ הָהָ֑ר וְרֶ֣כֶב בַּרְזֶ֗ל בְּכָל־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ הַיֹּשֵׁ֣ב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־הָעֵ֔מֶק לֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁ֤ר בְּבֵית־שְׁאָן֙ וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְלַֽאֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵ֥מֶק יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃

   va-yo-MRU be-NEI yo-SEF lo-yi-ma-TSE la-NU ha-HAR ve-RE-khev bar-ZEL be-KHOL-hak-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV be-E-retz-ha-E-mek la-a-SHER be-VEIT-she-AN uv-no-TE-ha ve-la-a-SHER be-E-mek yiz-re-EL

   And said the sons of Joseph the hill country is not enough for us the hill country and chariots of iron with all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley both those who are in Beth-shean and its villages and those who in the valley Jezreel.

Exegesis

The construct chain bə’ereṣ-hā’ēmēq {בְּאֶרֶץ־הָעֵמֶק | bə’ereṣ-hā’ēmēq} introduces the geographic domain “in the land of the valley,” followed by the distributive relative clauses la’ašer bəbêṯ-Šə’ōn ū-vənōṯehā wə-la’ašer bə-’ēmēq Yizra‘ēl {לַאֲשֶׁר בְּבֵית-שְׁאָן וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְלַאֲשֶׁר בְּעֵמֶק יִזְרְעֶאל | la’ašer bəbêṯ-Šə’ōn ū-vənōṯehā wə-la’ašer bə-’ēmēq Yizra‘ēl} enumerating Beth-Shan with its towns and the Valley of Jezreel. The repetition of la’ašer emphasizes the distributed scope. The English rendition maintains the Hebrew word order, vav-consecutive narrative flow, and geographic contrasts.