Joshua 21:8:7Josh.21.8.W7TAB
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר
kaasher
“as”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-SHER
- Extended
- kah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ka.ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- as
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ka-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-Mo-sheh ba-go-RAL
- sentence
va-yit-NU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lal-vi-YIM ET-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh ve-ET-mig-re-SHE-hen ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-Mo-sheh ba-go-RAL
Exegesis
The kaʾăšer ṣivvāh YHWH bə-yad mōšē {כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה | kaʾăšer ṣivvāh yəhôwāh bə-yad mōšē} clause functions as an authority clause, attributing the command to the LORD through Moses.
In context — Joshua 21:8
And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses by lot.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 21:8, so the Hebrew word כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (kaasher) 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.21.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.8.W7.S1) and character.