Numbers 13:16:4Num.13.16.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥ח
ashershalakh
“whom sent”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-sha-LAKH
- Extended
- ah-shehr-sha-LAHKH
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.ʃaˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom sent
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-sha-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-sha-LAKH mo-SHE
- clause
E-le she-MOT ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-sha-LAKH mo-SHE la-TUR et-ha-A-retz
- sentence
E-le she-MOT ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-sha-LAKH mo-SHE la-TUR et-ha-A-retz va-yik-RA mo-SHE le-ho-SHE-a bin-NUN ye-ho-SHU-a
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-shalach Moshe latur et-ha-aretz {אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַח מֹשֶׁה לָתּוּר אֵת־הָאָרֶץ | ʾă-šer-šā-laḥ mō-šē lā-tūr ʾēṯ-hā-ʾā-reṣ} uses the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} linked by maqqef to shalach {שָׁלַח | šā-laḥ} ‘sent,’ forming a single syntactic unit that introduces Moses’ mission.
Root and etymology
RootShin-Lamed-Chet
“to send”
In context — Numbers 13:16
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua .
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 13:16, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥ח (ashershalakh) 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 Num.13.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.16.W4.S1) and character.