Leviticus 24:20:10Lev.24.20.W10TAB
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר
kaasher
“just as”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-SHER
- Extended
- kah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ka.ʔa.ˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- just as
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ka-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER yi-TEN MUM
- clause
ka-a-SHER yi-TEN MUM ba-a-DAM KEN yi-na-TEN BO
- sentence
SHE-ver TA-khat SHE-ver A-yin TA-khat A-yin SHEN TA-khat SHEN ka-a-SHER yi-TEN MUM ba-a-DAM KEN yi-na-TEN BO
Exegesis
The comparative particle kaasher {כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר | kăʼăšer} ‘as, according to what’ introduces the causal clause linking the injurious act to its consequence.
In context — Leviticus 24:20
Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he causes an injury to a person , so it shall be inflicted upon him.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 24:20, so the Hebrew word כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (kaasher) 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.24.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.20.W10.S1) and character.