Leviticus 17:15:2Lev.17.15.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
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 to-KHAL neh-veh-LAH
- clause
veh-khol-NEH-fesh a-SHER to-KHAL neh-veh-LAH oo-teh-REH-FAH ba-ez-RAKH oo-va-GER
- sentence
veh-khol-NEH-fesh a-SHER to-KHAL neh-veh-LAH oo-teh-REH-FAH ba-ez-RAKH oo-va-GER veh-ki-BES beh-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-E-rev veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
The restrictive relative clause asher tokhal nevelah trefah {אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכַל נְבֵלָה וּטְרֵפָה | ʾă-šer tōʾ-ḵal nǝ-vê-lāh ū-tᵊ-rê-p̄āh} specifies prohibited substances.
In context — Leviticus 17:15
And any person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts , whether among the native-born or among the sojourner, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 17:15, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֨ר (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.17.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.15.W2.S1) and character.