Leviticus 25:33:1Lev.25.33.W1TAB

וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר

vaasher

and whoever

Transliteration
va-a-SHER
Extended
vah-ah-SHEHR
IPA
/vaʔăˈʃɛr/

Meaning by language

English
and whoever

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Result
וַ + אֲ + שֶׁ֤ר
va + a + sher
vaasher

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-a-SHER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-a-SHER yig-AL

  3. clause

    va-a-SHER yig-AL min-hal-vi-YEEM ve-ya-TSA mim-KAR-BA-yit ve-EER a-khu-za-TO ba-yo-VEL

  4. sentence

    va-a-SHER yig-AL min-hal-vi-YEEM ve-ya-TSA mim-KAR-BA-yit ve-EER a-khu-za-TO ba-yo-VEL KI ba-TEE a-REE hal-vi-YEEM HI a-khu-za-TAM be-TOKH be-NEE yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The verse begins with the relative marker va’asher {וַאֲשֶׁר | vaʾăšer} introducing a conditional clause.

In contextLeviticus 25:33

And if one of the Levites redeems it, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee , for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their inheritance among the sons of Israel.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 25:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 25:33, so the Hebrew word וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (vaasher) 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.25.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.33.W1.S1) and character.