Judges 20:10:20Judg.20.10.W20TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
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 a-SA
- clause
la-a-SOT le-vo-AM le-GE-va bin-ya-MIN ke-khol-ha-ne-va-LA a-SHER a-SA be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-la-KHAkh-nu a-sa-RA a-na-SHIM la-me-A le-KHOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL u-me-A la-E-lef ve-E-lef la-re-va-VA la-KHA-khat tse-DA la-AM la-a-SOT le-vo-AM le-GE-va bin-ya-MIN ke-khol-ha-ne-va-LA a-SHER a-SA be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The relative clause kekhol han’valah asher asah beyisrael {כְּכָל־הַנְּבָלָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל} functions as a motive clause, introduced by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’, linking the communal response to the moral outrage.
Root and etymology
ʼ-šaleph–shin
“fire, burning”
In context — Judges 20:10
And we will take ten men from every hundred of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from every thousand, and a thousand from every ten thousand, to secure provisions for the people , so that they may act when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin according to all the outrage done in Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:10:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Judges 20:10, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.20.10.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.10.W20.S1) and character.