Leviticus 23:29:3Lev.23.29.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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 loh-teh-oo-NEH
- clause
KI khohl-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER loh-teh-oo-NEH beh-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH
- sentence
KI khohl-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER loh-teh-oo-NEH beh-E-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH veh-nikh-re-TAH meh-a-me-HA
Exegesis
A relative clause follows with ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} ‘who’, specifying the subject of the self-affliction.
In context — Leviticus 23:29
Every soul that does not humble itself on this exact day shall be cut off from its people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 23:29, 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.23.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.29.W3.S1) and character.