Numbers 16:47:3Num.16.47.W3TABWLC Numbers 17:12
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר
kaasher
“as”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-SHER
- Extended
- kah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ka.ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- as
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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-BER-MO-sheh
- clause
va-yik-KAKH a-ha-RON ka-a-SHER di-BER-MO-sheh va-ya-RATS el-TOKH ha-ka-HAL ve-hi-NEH he-KHEL ha-NE-gef ba-AM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-ha-RON ka-a-SHER di-BER-MO-sheh va-ya-RATS el-TOKH ha-ka-HAL ve-hi-NEH he-KHEL ha-NE-gef ba-AM va-yi-TEN et-hak-to-RET va-ye-kha-PER al-ha-AM
Exegesis
The clause ka’asher diber Moshe {כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה | kaʾăšer dibbēr mōšēh} emphasizes Aaron’s compliance with Moses’ instruction.
Root and etymology
א־ש
“fire, flame”
In context — Numbers 16:47
And Aaron took it just as Moses had spoken, and ran into the midst of the assembly ; and behold, the plague had begun among the people. And he placed the incense and made atonement for the people.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:47:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:47, so the Hebrew word כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (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.16.47.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.47.W3.S1) and character.