Numbers 14:15:8Num.14.15.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמְע֥וּ
ashershamu
“who have heard”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-sham-U
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-shahm-OO
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃeʁ.ʃaˈmʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who have heard
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' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-sham-U
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-sham-U et-shim-a-KHA
- clause
ve-am-RU ha-go-YIM a-SHER-sham-U et-shim-a-KHA le-MOR
- sentence
ve-he-ma-TA et-ha-AM ha-ZEH ke-ISH e-KHAD ve-am-RU ha-go-YIM a-SHER-sham-U et-shim-a-KHA le-MOR
Exegesis
The relative asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă-šer-} ‘who’ introduces the clause containing sham’u {שָׁמְעוּ | šā-mə‘ū} ‘have heard’ your report, shim’akha {שִׁמְעֲךָ֖ | šim·‘ă-khā} ‘your report,’ leading to the infinitive construct leimor {לֵאמֹֽר | lê-’ā-mōr} ‘saying,’ which introduces direct speech. The structure highlights divine action followed by human reaction, underscoring the theological weight of total destruction observed by foreign nations.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire”
In context — Numbers 14:15
And if You put to death this people as one man, then the nations who have heard of Your report will say,
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:15, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמְע֥וּ (ashershamu) 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.14.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.15.W8.S1) and character.