Numbers 14:19:7Num.14.19.W7TAB
וְכַאֲשֶׁ֤ר
vekaasher
“and just as”
- Transliteration
- ve-ka-a-SHER
- Extended
- veh-kah-a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /vəkaʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and just as
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-ka-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ka-a-SHER na-SA-ta
- clause
ve-ka-a-SHER na-SA-ta la-AM ha-ZEH mi-mits-RA-yim ve-AD-hen-NAH
- sentence
se-LAKH-NA la-a-VON ha-AM ha-ZEH ke-GO-del khas-DE-kha ve-ka-a-SHER na-SA-ta la-AM ha-ZEH mi-mits-RA-yim ve-AD-hen-NAH
Exegesis
The clause veka'asher nasata {וְכַאֲשֶׁ֤ר נָשָׂ֙אתָה֙ | wə-ka-ʾă-šer nā-śāʾ-tā} ‘and just as You have borne’ employs a Qal perfect to recall God’s historical forgiveness.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire”
In context — Numbers 14:19
Please forgive the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Your mercy, and just as You have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 14:19, so the Hebrew word וְכַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (vekaasher) 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.14.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.19.W7.S1) and character.