Judges 21:13:6Judg.21.13.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
asher
“who were”
- Transliteration
- a-SHEr
- Extended
- ah-SHEHr
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who were
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-yish-le-KHU kol-ha-e-DA va-ye-dab-REU el-be-NEI bin-ya-MIN a-SHEr be-SE-la rim-MON
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU kol-ha-e-DA va-ye-dab-REU el-be-NEI bin-ya-MIN a-SHEr be-SE-la rim-MON va-yik-re-U la-HEM sha-LOM
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘who’ specifies the location bəṣelaʿ rimmōn {בְּסֶלַע רִמּוֹן | bəṣelaʿ rimmōn} ‘at the rock of Rimmon’.
In context — Judges 21:13
Then the entire assembly sent messengers and spoke to the sons of Benjamin, who were at the rock of Rimmon, and they called to them, “Peace .”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 21:13, 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.21.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.13.W6.S1) and character.