Joshua 22:33:17Josh.22.33.W17TAB
אֲשֶׁ֛ר
asher
“where”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHER
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- where
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
- clause
ve-LO am-RU la-a-LOT a-lei-HEM la-tsa-VA le-sha-KHET et-ha-A-retz a-SHER be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD yo-shvim BAH
- sentence
va-yi-TAV ha-da-VAR be-ey-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ye-va-ra-KHU e-lo-HIM be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-LO am-RU la-a-LOT a-lei-HEM la-tsa-VA le-sha-KHET et-ha-A-retz a-SHER be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD yo-shvim BAH
Exegesis
The relative particle asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} governs the participle yoshvim {יֹשְׁבִים | yō-šə-ḇîm} ‘dwelling’ in the locative bah {בָּהּ | bāh}, specifying the inhabitants of the land. This coordination and purpose-infinitive sequence conveys a collective decision to refrain from military action.
In context — Joshua 22:33
And the matter was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God and no longer spoke of going up against them in battle to destroy the land where the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:33:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Joshua 22:33, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֛ר (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.22.33.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.33.W17.S1) and character.