Leviticus 14:18:3Lev.14.18.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁר֙
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- clause
veh-ha-noh-TAR ba-SHE-men a-SHER al-KAF ha-ko-HEN yit-TEN al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER
- sentence
veh-ha-noh-TAR ba-SHE-men a-SHER al-KAF ha-ko-HEN yit-TEN al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER ve-ki-PER a-LAV ha-ko-HEN lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative pronoun ʾăsher {אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introduces a restrictive clause, and the locative phrase ʿal-kap̄ hākōhên {עַל־כַּף הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | ʿal-kap̄ ha-kō-hên} ‘on the priest’s palm’ specifies the oil’s placement.
In context — Leviticus 14:18
And the remainder of the oil on the palm of the priest he shall put on the head of the one being cleansed; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 14:18, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֙ (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.14.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.18.W3.S1) and character.