Judges 19:12:8Judg.19.12.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֛ר
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
va-yo-MER e-LAV a-do-NAV LO na-SUR el-IR na-khe-RI a-SHER lo-mib-be-NEI yis-ra-EL HE-na
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV a-do-NAV LO na-SUR el-IR na-khe-RI a-SHER lo-mib-be-NEI yis-ra-EL HE-na ve-a-VAR-nu ad-giv-A
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer lōʾ-miḇnê yiśrāʾēl hênnāh {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵנָּה | ʾăšer lōʾ-miḇnê yiśrāʾēl hênnāh} foregrounds ethnic exclusion by stating “which is not of the sons of Israel, these”.
In context — Judges 19:12
And his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into a foreign city , which is not of the sons of Israel; instead, we will proceed on to Gibeah.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 19:12, 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.19.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.12.W8.S1) and character.