Leviticus 16:32:5Lev.16.32.W5TAB
וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר
vaasher
“and who”
- Transliteration
- va-a-SHER
- Extended
- vah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /va.ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and who
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
va-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-SHER ye-mal-LE
- clause
ve-kip-PER ha-ko-HEN a-SHER-yim-SHAKH o-TO va-a-SHER ye-mal-LE et-ya-DO le-ka-HEN TA-khat a-VIV
- sentence
ve-kip-PER ha-ko-HEN a-SHER-yim-SHAKH o-TO va-a-SHER ye-mal-LE et-ya-DO le-ka-HEN TA-khat a-VIV ve-la-VASH eht-big-DEE ha-BAD big-DEE ha-KO-desh
Exegesis
The relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾǎ-šer} specify his qualifications: a-sher-yimshach {אֲשֶׁר־יִמְשַׁח | ʾǎ-šer-yim-šā-ḥ} ‘who is anointed’ marks induction by oil, and va-asher yemalle et-yado {וַאֲשֶׁר יְמַלֵּא אֶת־יָד֔וֹ | wǎ-ʾǎ-šer yǝ-mal-lēʼ ʾet-yā-ḏō} ‘and who fills his hand’ is an idiom for commissioning via hand-filling.
In context — Leviticus 16:32
And the priest who is anointed and ordained to serve in place of his father shall make atonement, and he shall put on the linen garments .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 16:32, so the Hebrew word וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (vaasher) 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.16.32.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.32.W5.S1) and character.