Leviticus 5:2:3Lev.5.2.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
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 ti-GA
- sentence
OH NE-fesh a-SHER ti-GA beh-khol-dah-VAR ta-MEH OH beh-niv-LAT khai-YA teh-meh-AH OH neh-veh-LAT beh-heh-MAH teh-meh-AH OH bi-neh-veh-LAT SHE-rets tah-MEH veh-neh-LAM mi-meh-NOO veh-HOO tah-MEH veh-ah-SHEM
Exegesis
Its subject is introduced by the nominal nefesh {נֶפֶשׁ | nĕp̄eš} ‘person’, which governs the relative clause asher tigga‘ {אֲשֶׁר תִּגַּע | ăšer tīggāʿ} ‘who touches’.
In context — Leviticus 5:2
Or if a person touches any unclean thing, the carcass of an unclean wild animal, a domestic beast, or a swarming creature, and it is hidden from him, he is unclean and guilty .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 5:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 5:2, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֤ר (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.5.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.5.2.W3.S1) and character.