Numbers 14:23:3Num.14.23.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“that”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER nish-BA-ti
- clause
IM-YIR-u ET-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA-ti la-a-vo-TAM
- sentence
IM-YIR-u ET-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA-ti la-a-vo-TAM ve-KHOL-me-na-a-TSAY LO yir-u-HA
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ introduces a modifying clause containing the Niphal perfect nišbəʿtî {נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי | nišbəʿtî} ‘I swore’ to lăʾăḇōtām {לַאֲבֹתָ֑ם | lăʾăḇōtām} ‘to their fathers.’
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire”
In context — Numbers 14:23
None of them will see the land that I swore to their fathers, and all who despise Me will not see it.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 14:23, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (asher) 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.14.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.23.W3.S1) and character.