Nehemiah 13:1:11Neh.13.1.W11TAB
אֲ֠שֶׁר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- clause
ve-nim-TSA ka-TUV BO a-SHER lo-YA-VO a-mo-NI u-mo-a-VI bik-HAL ha-e-lo-HIM ad-o-LAM
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU nik-RA be-SE-fer mo-SHE be-oz-NE ha-AM ve-nim-TSA ka-TUV BO a-SHER lo-YA-VO a-mo-NI u-mo-a-VI bik-HAL ha-e-lo-HIM ad-o-LAM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher loyavo ammoni wumoavi {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָב֨וֹא עַמֹּנִ֧י וּמֹאָבִ֛י | ’ă-šer lō-yā-wō’ ’am-mō-nî ū-mō-’ā-vî} ‘that no Ammonite or Moabite shall come’ presents the exclusionary prohibition.
In context — Nehemiah 13:1
At that time the scroll of Moses was read aloud for all the people to hear, and they came upon the written command that no Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of God forever.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Nehemiah 13:1, so the Hebrew word אֲ֠שֶׁר (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 Neh.13.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.1.W11.S1) and character.