Nehemiah 13:7:5Neh.13.7.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
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-SA el-ya-SHIV
- clause
va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A a-SHER a-SA el-ya-SHIV le-to-vi-YA la-a-SOT LO nish-ke-KA be-kha-tsre BET ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-a-VO li-ru-sha-LA-im va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A a-SHER a-SA el-ya-SHIV le-to-vi-YA la-a-SOT LO nish-ke-KA be-kha-tsre BET ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bā-rā‘āh {בָרָעָה | bā-rā‘āh} ‘concerning the evil’ functions as the object of understanding, with ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} ‘that’ launching the relative clause specifying ’ĕl-yāšîḇ’s {אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ | ’ĕl-yāšîḇ} action on behalf of Tôbîyāh {לְט֣וֹבִיָּ֔ה | lə-ṭōḇîyāh}.
In context — Nehemiah 13:7
And I came to Jerusalem, and I learned of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah to make for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Nehemiah 13:7, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֨ר (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.13.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.7.W5.S1) and character.