Numbers 14:27:5Num.14.27.W5TAB

אֲשֶׁ֛ר

asher

who

Transliteration
a-SHER
Extended
ah-SHEHR
IPA
/ʔaˈʃer/

Meaning by language

English
who

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֲ + שֶׁ֛ר
a + sher
asher

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SHER

  2. clause

    ad-ma-TAI la-e-DAH ha-ra-AH ha-ZOT a-SHER hei-MAH mal-li-NIM a-LAI

  3. sentence

    ad-ma-TAI la-e-DAH ha-ra-AH ha-ZOT a-SHER hei-MAH mal-li-NIM a-LAI et-te-lu-NOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER hei-MAH mal-li-NIM a-LAI sha-MA-ti

Exegesis

The participle mallinim {מַלִּינִ֖ים | mal-lî-nîm} ‘are grumbling’ (Piel participle) marks ongoing discontent and is repeated in the relative clause ʾasher hemmâ mallinim alay {אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥מָּה מַלִּינִ֖ים עָלַי | ʾă-šer hēm-mah mal-lî-nîm ʿă-lay}, creating an inclusio around the accusation.

Root and etymology

א־שׁ

fire

In contextNumbers 14:27

How long shall this evil congregation continue to grumble against Me ? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel.

About this coordinate

Numbers 14:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:27, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֛ר (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.14.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.27.W5.S1) and character.