Leviticus 21:3:5Lev.21.3.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
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 lo-ha-ye-TAH
- clause
veh-lah-ah-KHOH-toh ha-be-tu-LAH ha-ke-ro-VAH e-LAV a-SHER lo-ha-ye-TAH le-ISH
- sentence
veh-lah-ah-KHOH-toh ha-be-tu-LAH ha-ke-ro-VAH e-LAV a-SHER lo-ha-ye-TAH le-ISH LAH yi-ta-MAA
Exegesis
The noun phrase ha-bə-tû-lāh ha-qə-rō-vāh {הַבְּתוּלָה הַקְּרוֹבָה | ha-bə-tû-lāh ha-qə-rō-vāh} ‘the virgin who is closely related’ is modified by the relative clause ʾă-šer lō-hā-yə-ṯāh lə-ʾîš {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הָיְתָה לְאִישׁ | ʾă-šer lō-hā-yə-ṯāh lə-ʾîš} ‘who has not been to a man,’ which uses the Qal perfect to denote completed action.
In context — Leviticus 21:3
And for his sister, the virgin who has not been to a man and is closely related to him, he shall make himself unclean for her.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 21:3, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.21.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.3.W5.S1) and character.