Judges 16:8:7Judg.16.8.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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 lo-KHO-ra-VU
- clause
va-ya-a-LU-la sar-NE pe-lish-TIM shiv-A ye-ta-RIM la-KHIM a-SHER lo-KHO-ra-VU
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU-la sar-NE pe-lish-TIM shiv-A ye-ta-RIM la-KHIM a-SHER lo-KHO-ra-VU va-ta-as-re-HU BA-hem
Exegesis
The relative clause led by ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} ‘that’ and the negation lō-ḥōrāvû {לֹא־חֹרָבוּ | lō-ḥōrāvû} ‘had not been dried’ provides essential qualification.
Root and etymology
“ruler, commander”
In context — Judges 16:8
Then the rulers of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 16:8, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (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.16.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.8.W7.S1) and character.