Leviticus 3:4:5Lev.3.4.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
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 a-LE-hen
- clause
veh-ET SHTEH hak-le-YOT ve-ET-ha-KHE-lev a-SHER a-LE-hen a-SHER al-hak-se-LIM
- sentence
veh-ET SHTEH hak-le-YOT ve-ET-ha-KHE-lev a-SHER a-LE-hen a-SHER al-hak-se-LIM ve-ET-ha-yo-TE-ret al-ha-ka-VED al-hak-le-YOT ye-SEE-REH-na
Exegesis
Two successive relative clauses, asher aleihen {אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵהֶן | ʾă-šer ʿă-lē-hem} ‘which is upon them’ and asher al-ha-kesalim {אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַכְּסָלִים | ʾă-šer ʿal-hă-kə-sā-lîm} ‘which is by the loins’, precisely situate the fat, reflecting layered locative specification.
In context — Leviticus 3:4
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, that is on the loins, and the appendage upon the liver, upon the kidneys, he shall remove it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 3:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 3:4, 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.3.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.3.4.W5.S1) and character.