Leviticus 16:10:2Lev.16.10.W2TAB

אֲשֶׁר֩

asher

which

Transliteration
a-SHER
Extended
ah-SHEHR
IPA
/ʔă.ˈʃɛr/

Meaning by language

English
which

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Result
אֲ + שֶׁר֩
a + sher
asher

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SHER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER a-LA a-LAV ha-go-RAL

  3. clause

    veh-has-sa-IR a-SHER a-LA a-LAV ha-go-RAL la-a-za-ZEL ya-oh-mad-KHAI lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-ka-PER a-LAV

  4. sentence

    veh-has-sa-IR a-SHER a-LA a-LAV ha-go-RAL la-a-za-ZEL ya-oh-mad-KHAI lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-ka-PER a-LAV le-sha-LAKH o-TO la-a-za-ZEL ha-mid-ba-RAH

Exegesis

The verse opens with the noun phrase vaha-saʿir {וְהַשָּׂעִ֗יר | wə-ha-saʿîr} ‘and the goat,’ followed by the relative clause marker asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which.’

In contextLeviticus 16:10

But the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the LORD in order to make atonement over it and send it into the wilderness to Azazel.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 16:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 16:10, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֩ (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.16.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.10.W2.S1) and character.