Leviticus 14:29:3Lev.14.29.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁר֙
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-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
- clause
ve-ha-no-TAR min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-KAF ha-ko-HEN yi-TEN al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER
- sentence
ve-ha-no-TAR min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-KAF ha-ko-HEN yi-TEN al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER le-ka-PER a-LAV lif-NEY Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾǎšer} ‘which’ defines the oil’s source as min-ha-shemen {מִן־הַשֶּׁ֙מֶן֙ | min-hā-šēmên} ‘from the oil’ on the priest’s palm.
In context — Leviticus 14:29
And the remainder of the oil which is on the palm of the priest , he shall put on the head of the one being cleansed to make atonement for him before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 14:29, 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.14.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.29.W3.S1) and character.