Joshua 22:17:4Josh.22.17.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-hi-ta-HAR-nu
- clause
ham-AT-la-NU et-a-VON pe-OR a-SHER lo-hi-ta-HAR-nu mi-ME-nu AD ha-YOM ha-ZEH
- sentence
ham-AT-la-NU et-a-VON pe-OR a-SHER lo-hi-ta-HAR-nu mi-ME-nu AD ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ye-HI ha-NE-gef ba-a-DAT Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher lo-hittaharnu mimennu {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הִטַּהַרְנוּ מִמֶּנּוּ | ʾă·šer lōʾ-hiṯ·tah·ar·nû mim·men·nû} conveys ongoing uncleanness.
In context — Joshua 22:17
Is the sin of Peor so trivial for us that we have not purified ourselves from it even to this day? Then a plague came upon the congregation of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 22:17, 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.22.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.17.W4.S1) and character.