Leviticus 20:14:2Lev.20.14.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
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 yik-KAKH et-ISH-SHAH
- clause
ve-EESH a-SHER yik-KAKH et-ISH-SHAH ve-et-im-MAH zim-MAH HI
- sentence
ve-EESH a-SHER yik-KAKH et-ISH-SHAH ve-et-im-MAH zim-MAH HI bah-ESH yis-re-FOO o-TO ve-et-HEN ve-LO-ti-HYEH zim-MAH beh-TOHK-khem
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾă-šer} introduces a conditional relative clause qualifying ve’ish {וְאִ֗ישׁ | wə-ʾîš}.
In context — Leviticus 20:14
And a man who takes a woman and her mother commits depravity ; with fire they shall burn him and them, so that such depravity will not be among you .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 20:14, 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.20.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.14.W2.S1) and character.