Leviticus 20:15:2Lev.20.15.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔa.ˈʃɛr/
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 yit-TEN she-KHOV-TO
- clause
ve-EESH a-SHER yit-TEN she-KHOV-TO bi-VEH-HE-MAA MOHT yu-MAT
- sentence
ve-EESH a-SHER yit-TEN she-KHOV-TO bi-VEH-HE-MAA MOHT yu-MAT veh-et-ha-be-HE-MAA ta-ha-RO-goo
Exegesis
The relative clause begins with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘who’, modifying ve-ish {וְאִישׁ | və·ʾîš} ‘a man’.
In context — Leviticus 20:15
And any man who lies with an animal must be put to death , and you must kill the animal.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 20:15, 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.20.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.15.W2.S1) and character.