Leviticus 16:23:8Lev.16.23.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔa.ˈʃɛr/
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER la-VASH
- clause
oo-VA a-ha-RON el-O-HEL mo-ED oo-fa-SHAT et-big-DEI ha-BAD a-SHER la-VASH be-vo-O el-ha-KO-desh
- sentence
oo-VA a-ha-RON el-O-HEL mo-ED oo-fa-SHAT et-big-DEI ha-BAD a-SHER la-VASH be-vo-O el-ha-KO-desh ve-hi-ni-KHAM SHAM
Exegesis
A relative clause asher lavash {אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָבַ֖שׁ | ʾă-šer lā-ḇaš} ‘which he had put on’ links their use to Aaron’s initial entry.
In context — Leviticus 16:23
Then Aaron shall enter the tent of meeting and remove the linen garments which he had put on when he entered the holy place, and he shall leave them there.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 16:23, 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.16.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.23.W8.S1) and character.