Numbers 16:32:9Num.16.32.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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
- sentence
va-tif-TAKH ha-A-retz et-PI-ha va-tiv-LA o-TAM ve-ET-bei-TAM ve-ET kol-ha-a-DAM a-SHER le-KO-rakh ve-ET kol-ha-re-KHUSH
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾăšer} links “all the people” to Korah {קֹרַח | qorāḥ}, emphasizing the identity of those judged. The accumulation of objects with each vav heightens the totality of the judgment invoked by the earth’s personification.
Root and etymology
א־ש
“fire, flame”
In context — Numbers 16:32
And the earth opened its mouth , and swallowed them, and their houses , and all the people who belonged to Korah, and all the possessions.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:32:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 16:32, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר (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.16.32.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.32.W9.S1) and character.