Judges 18:16:9Judg.18.16.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
asher
“which or who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which or who
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
a-SHER mib-be-NE-DAN
- sentence
ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-gu-RIM ke-LE mil-kha-MTAM ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh ha-SHA-ar a-SHER mib-be-NE-DAN
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’ links this to mibnei-Dan {מִבְּנֵי־דָֽן | mi-bə-nēy Dān} ‘sons of Dan’, marking tribal identity. The interwoven sequence of numeral + noun + participles + relative clause foregrounds both martial readiness and communal affiliation. In English, the genitive construct becomes prepositional or possessive, and Hebrew participles convert to verb or adjective forms to preserve clarity and emphasis.
In context — Judges 18:16
And six hundred men from the tribe of Dan , girded with their weapons, stood at the entrance of the gate.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 18:16, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֖ר (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.18.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.16.W9.S1) and character.