Judges 16:29:6Judg.16.29.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ha-BA-yit
- clause
va-yil-POT shim-SHON et-she-NE a-mu-DE ha-TA-vekh a-SHER ha-BA-yit na-KHON a-le-HEM va-yis-sa-MEKH a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-yil-POT shim-SHON et-she-NE a-mu-DE ha-TA-vekh a-SHER ha-BA-yit na-KHON a-le-HEM va-yis-sa-MEKH a-le-HEM e-KHAD bi-yi-mi-NO ve-e-KHAD bi-se-MO-lo
Exegesis
The relative pronoun ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} introduces a defining clause clarifying that the habbayyît {הַבַּיִת | habbayyît} ‘house’ was set firmly upon these pillars (Niphal participle nāḵôn {נָכוֹן | nāḵôn}).
Root and etymology
“ruler, commander”
In context — Judges 16:29
And Samson grasped the two central pillars on which the house was established, and he braced himself upon them, one with his right hand and one with his left hand.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 16:29, 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 Judg.16.29.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.29.W6.S1) and character.