Judges 20:9:4Judg.20.9.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
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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 na-a-SE
- clause
ve-a-TA ZE ha-da-VAR a-SHER na-a-SE la-giv-A
- sentence
ve-a-TA ZE ha-da-VAR a-SHER na-a-SE la-giv-A a-le-HA be-go-RAL
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-sher} ‘that’ contains the cohortative imperfect verb naaseh {נַעֲשֶׂה | na-ʿă-seh} ‘we will do’, which expresses collective resolve.
Root and etymology
ʼ-šaleph–shin
“fire, burning”
In context — Judges 20:9
And now this is the matter that we will do to Gibeah; against it we will go by lot .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:9, 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.20.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.9.W4.S1) and character.