Numbers 13:24:9Num.13.24.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁר־כָּרְת֥וּ
asherkartu
“that they cut down”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-KAR-tu
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-KAHR-too
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃer-karˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that they cut down
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-KAR-tu
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-KAR-tu mi-SHAM
- clause
al o-DOT ha-esh-KOL a-sher-KAR-tu mi-SHAM be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
la-ma-KOM ha-HU ka-RA NA-khal esh-KOL al o-DOT ha-esh-KOL a-sher-KAR-tu mi-SHAM be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
A relative clause marked by ʼăšer-kar-tû {אֲשֶׁר־כָּרְת֥וּ | ʼă-šer-kar-tû} ‘which they cut off’, along with the source phrase mi-šām {מִשָּׁ֖ם | mi-šām} ‘from there’, attributes agency to benei Yiśrāʾēl {בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | bə-nê Yi-srā-ʼēl} ‘sons of Israel’. This structure highlights Hebrew’s use of the construct state to form place names and the relative clause to express causal motivation.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ר
“to be happy, blessed”
In context — Numbers 13:24
That place was called the Valley of Eshcol because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut off from there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 13:24, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־כָּרְת֥וּ (asherkartu) 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.13.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.24.W9.S1) and character.