Numbers 17:4:6Num.17.4.W6TABWLC Numbers 17:19
אֲשֶׁר
asher
“where”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- where
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
ve-hin-nakh-TAM be-O-hel mo-ED lif-NEI ha-ei-DUT a-SHER i-va-ED la-KHEM sha-MAH
Exegesis
The relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ introduces the subordinate clause where the Qal imperfect u’ad {אוּעָד | ū-ʿāḏ} ‘I meet’ indicates habitual divine encounter for the people.
In context — Numbers 17:4
And you shall set them in the tent of meeting before the testimony , where I meet with you there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 17:4, 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.17.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.4.W6.S1) and character.