Joshua 19:8:2Josh.19.8.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER se-vi-VOT
- clause
ve-KOL-ha-kha-tse-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-a-RIM ha-EH-leh ad-ba-a-LAT be-ER ra-a-MAT NE-gev
- sentence
ve-KOL-ha-kha-tse-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-a-RIM ha-EH-leh ad-ba-a-LAT be-ER ra-a-MAT NE-gev ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TEH ve-NEI-shim-ON le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
Exegesis
The relative pronoun ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ introduces the modifier səvîvôt he‘ārîm hā’ēlleh {סְבִיבוֹת הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה | sə-vî-vôt he-’ā-rîm hā-’ē-lê} ‘surrounding these towns.’
In context — Joshua 19:8
And all the villages that are around these towns as far as Baalath Beer—Ramath Negev—this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, according to their clans.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 19:8, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֤ר (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.19.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.8.W2.S1) and character.