Judges 21:12:18Judg.21.12.W18TAB
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
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
- clause
va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE shi-LO a-SHER be-E-rets ke-NA-an
- sentence
va-yim-TSE-u mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD ar-BA me-OT na-a-RA ve-tu-LA a-SHER lo-ya-de-A ISH le-mish-KAV za-KHAR va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE shi-LO a-SHER be-E-rets ke-NA-an
Exegesis
The relative clause ’ăšer lō’ yāda‘āh ’îš lᵉmiškāv zākār {אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָדְעָה אִישׁ לְמִשְׁכַּב זָכָר | ’ăšer lōʾ yā·ḏə·‘āh ’îš lᵉ-miškāv zākār} employs Hebrew euphemism for sexual inexperience.
The final relative clause ’ăšer bᵉ’ērēṣ Kᵉnā‘ān {אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן | ’ăšer bə-ʾě·rěṣ kᵉ-nà‛ăn} ‘which is in the land of Canaan’ situates the location.
In context — Judges 21:12
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who were virgins and who had not known a man by lying with a male , and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:12:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 21:12, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֖ר (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.21.12.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.12.W18.S1) and character.