Judges 16:11:7Judg.16.11.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁ֛ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
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
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha im-a-SOR ya-as-RU-ni ba-a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM a-SHER lo-na-a-SA va-HEM me-la-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha im-a-SOR ya-as-RU-ni ba-a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM a-SHER lo-na-a-SA va-HEM me-la-KHA ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-a-KHAD ha-a-DAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase baavotim {בַּעֲבֹתִ֣ים | ba-‘a-vō-tîm} ‘with cords’ is modified by the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾa-šer} ‘that’, with the noun melakhah {מְלָאכָ֑ה | mə-lā-ḵāh} ‘work’ in a nifal passive (naaseh {נַעֲשָׂ֥ה | nə-‘ā-śāh} ‘was done’), forming a restrictive clause.
Root and etymology
“ruler, commander”
In context — Judges 16:11
And he said to her, “If they bind me with new cords that have never borne labor , then I will become weak and be like any other man.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 16:11, 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 Judg.16.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.11.W7.S1) and character.