Leviticus 17:10:8Lev.17.10.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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 yo-KHAL
- clause
ve-ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM a-SHER yo-KHAL kol-DAM
- sentence
ve-ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM a-SHER yo-KHAL kol-DAM ve-na-ta-TI fa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-o-KHE-let et-ha-DAM ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TAH mi-KE-rev am-MAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher yokhal kol-dam {אֲשֶׁר יֹאכַל כָּל־דָּם | ’ăšer yô’k̂al kol-dām} defines the prohibition as ‘eats any blood.’
In context — Leviticus 17:10
Should any man of the house of Israel or any sojourner residing among them eat blood, I will set My face against the nefesh consuming blood and will cut that person off from among his people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 17:10, 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.17.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.10.W8.S1) and character.