Leviticus 14:34:5Lev.14.34.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔa.ˈʃɛr/
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 a-NI
- clause
KI ta-VO-OO el-EH-rets ke-NA-an a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM la-a-khu-ZA
- sentence
KI ta-VO-OO el-EH-rets ke-NA-an a-SHER a-NI no-TEN la-KHEM la-a-khu-ZA ve-na-ta-TI NE-ga tsa-RA-at be-VEET E-rets a-khu-ZAT-khem
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by ʼăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʼăšer} ‘which’ qualifies the preceding land as that which the speaker is distributing.
In context — Leviticus 14:34
When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving to you as a possession , and I put an affliction of leprosy in a house in the land of your possession;
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 14:34, 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.14.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.34.W5.S1) and character.