Judges 20:12:11Judg.20.12.W11TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER nih-ye-TA
- clause
MA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT a-SHER nih-ye-TA ba-KHEM
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-na-SHIM be-khol-shiv-TE vin-ya-MIN le-MOR MA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT a-SHER nih-ye-TA ba-KHEM
Exegesis
The relative particle ʾă-šer {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šerʹ} “that” links to the Niphal perfect nih-yê-tấh {נִהְיְתָ֖ה | nih-yê-tấh} “has happened” within bā-khemʹ {בָּכֶֽם | bā-khemʹ} “among you.” English word order preserves the Hebrew sequence while clarifying the question.
Root and etymology
ʼ-šaleph–shin
“fire, burning”
In context — Judges 20:12
Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the whole tribe of Benjamin to say, “What is this evil that has happened among you?”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 20:12, 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.20.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.12.W11.S1) and character.