Leviticus 22:5:9Lev.22.5.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔă.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-ma-LO
- clause
O ve-a-DAM a-SHER yit-ma-LO le-KHOL tum-a-TO
- sentence
O-ISH a-SHER yi-GA be-khol-SHEH-rets a-SHER yit-ma-LO O ve-a-DAM a-SHER yit-ma-LO le-KHOL tum-a-TO
Exegesis
The first scenario pairs the noun ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ with the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’, governing the Qal imperfect verb yigga {יִגַּע | yig-gaʿ} ‘he touches’ and the prepositional construct be-khol-sherets {בְּכָל־שֶׁרֶץ | bə-ḵol-še-reṣ} ‘any crawling creature’.
In context — Leviticus 22:5
Or a man who touches any crawling creature that imparts uncleanness to him, or one who comes into contact with a person who becomes unclean through any of his uncleanness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 22:5, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (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.22.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.5.W9.S1) and character.