Joshua 22:16:8Josh.22.16.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /hazˈze/
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 me-al-TEM
- clause
KOH am-RU KOL a-DAT Ye-ho-VAH MA-ha-MA-al ha-ZEH a-SHER me-al-TEM be-e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL la-SHUV ha-YOM mei-a-cha-REI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
KOH am-RU KOL a-DAT Ye-ho-VAH MA-ha-MA-al ha-ZEH a-SHER me-al-TEM be-e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL la-SHUV ha-YOM mei-a-cha-REI Ye-ho-VAH biv-no-te-KHEM la-KHEM miz-BE-akh lim-rad-KHEM ha-YOM ba-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The interrogative mah hammaal hazzeh {מָה־הַמַּעַל הַזֶּה | māh hammā‘al hazzēh} “what is this trespass” issues a legal challenge, specified by the relative clause asher mealtem {אֲשֶׁר מְעַלְתֶּם | ’ăšer mə‘āltêm} “which you have acted treacherously.”
In context — Joshua 22:16
Thus declares the whole assembly of the LORD : “What is this breach of faith you have done against the God of Israel, that today you turn away from following the LORD by building an altar for yourselves and rebel against the LORD?”
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 22:16, 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.22.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.16.W8.S1) and character.