Leviticus 20:2:11Lev.20.2.W11TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃer/
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 yi-TEN mi-zar-O
- clause
veh-el-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL to-MAR ISH ISH mi-be-NEE yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yi-TEN mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh MOT yu-MAT
- sentence
veh-el-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL to-MAR ISH ISH mi-be-NEE yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yi-TEN mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh MOT yu-MAT AM ha-A-RETS yir-ge-MU-hu ba-A-ven
Exegesis
The relative clause ăšer yittēn mizzarʿô lamōlekh {אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֧ן מִזַּרְע֛וֹ לַמֹּ֖לֶךְ | ăšer yittēn mizzarʿô lamōleḵ} ‘who gives of his seed to Molech’ specifies the forbidden act of child sacrifice.
In context — Leviticus 20:2
And to the sons of Israel you shall say: Any man, any man from the sons of Israel and any sojourner in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 20:2, 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.20.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.2.W11.S1) and character.