Numbers 14:17:5Num.14.17.W5TAB
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר
kaasher
“as”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-SHER
- Extended
- kah-a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /kaʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- as
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ka-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER di-bar-TA
- clause
ka-a-SHER di-bar-TA le-MOR
- sentence
ve-a-TAH yig-DAL-NA KO-akh a-do-NAI ka-a-SHER di-bar-TA le-MOR
Exegesis
The comparative ka-asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | kaʾăšer} ‘just as’ links the plea to prior divine speech, with dibarta {דִּבַּרְתָּ | dibbārtā} ‘you have spoken’ establishing the foundation for the request.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire”
In context — Numbers 14:17
And now, let the strength of the Lord be great, just as you have spoken :
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:17, so the Hebrew word כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (kaasher) 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.14.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.17.W5.S1) and character.