Leviticus 14:16:6Lev.14.16.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
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 al-ka-PO
- clause
veh-ta-VAL hah-koh-HEN et-ets-BA-o ye-ma-NEET mihn-hah-SHE-men a-SHER al-ka-PO ha-se-ma-LEET
- sentence
veh-ta-VAL hah-koh-HEN et-ets-BA-o ye-ma-NEET mihn-hah-SHE-men a-SHER al-ka-PO ha-se-ma-LEET veh-hiz-ZAH mihn-hah-SHE-men beh-ets-BA-o SHE-va pe-a-MEEM lihf-NEE Yeh-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A source phrase min ha-shemen {מִן הַשָּׁמֶן | min ha-šě-men} ‘from the oil’ is detailed by the relative clause asher al kappo ha-sema’alit {אֲשֶׁר עַל כַּפּוֹ הַשְּׂמָאלִית | ʾă-šer ʿal kăp-pō ha-sə-mā-’ă-lîṯ} ‘which is on his left palm’.
In context — Leviticus 14:16
Then the priest will dip his right finger into the oil on his left palm, and with his finger he will sprinkle the oil seven times before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 14:16, 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 Lev.14.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.16.W6.S1) and character.