Leviticus 20:12:2Lev.20.12.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
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 yish-KAV
- clause
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-kal-la-TO MOT yoom-TOO she-NEI-hem
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-kal-la-TO MOT yoom-TOO she-NEI-hem TE-vel a-SU de-MEI-hem BAM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’ qualifies the subject, leading to the imperfect verb yishkav {יִשְׁכַּב֙ | yiš-kav} ‘lies down’ with the direct object phrase et-kallato {אֶת־כַּלָּת֔וֹ | ʾet kal-lā-to} ‘his daughter-in-law’.
In context — Leviticus 20:12
Any man who lies with his daughter-in-law shall surely be put to death; they have committed perversion , and their blood shall be upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 20:12, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֤ר (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.20.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.12.W2.S1) and character.