Judges 14:17:5Judg.14.17.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה
asherhaya
“which was”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-ha-YA
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-hah-YAA
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.haːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which was
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-SHER-ha-YA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ha-YA la-HEM
- clause
va-TEV-k a-LAV shiv-AT ha-ya-MIM a-SHER-ha-YA la-HEM ha-mish-TE
- sentence
va-TEV-k a-LAV shiv-AT ha-ya-MIM a-SHER-ha-YA la-HEM ha-mish-TE va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yag-GED-la KI he-tsi-KAT-he-hu va-tag-GED ha-khi-DA liv-NE a-MA
Exegesis
The construct chain shiv'at ha-yamim {שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים | šivʿat hayyāmîm} ‘seven days’ is specified by the relative clause asher-hayah lahem {אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה לָהֶם | ʾă-šer-hā-yāh lāhêm} ‘that was for them’, defining the feast’s duration.
In context — Judges 14:17
And she wept upon him for the seven days of the feast, and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him , and she told the riddle to the sons of her people.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 14:17, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה (asherhaya) 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 Judg.14.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.17.W5.S1) and character.