Judges 21:11:3Judg.21.11.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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 ta-a-SU
- clause
ve-ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ta-a-SU
- sentence
ve-ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ta-a-SU kol-za-KHAR ve-kol-i-SHA yo-DA-at mish-kav-za-KHAR ta-kha-ri-MU
Exegesis
The relative clause asher ta'asu {אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּ | ă-šer ta-ʿă-sū} ‘which you shall do’ links the mandate directly to the addressees.
In context — Judges 21:11
And this is the thing that you shall do: Every male and every woman who has known the lying with a male, you shall destroy .
About this coordinate
Judges 21:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 21:11, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (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.21.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.11.W3.S1) and character.