Numbers 19:15:4Num.19.15.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁ֛ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
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
- clause
ve-KOL ke-LEE fa-TU-akh a-SHER EIN-tsa-MID pa-TIL a-LAV
- sentence
ve-KOL ke-LEE fa-TU-akh a-SHER EIN-tsa-MID pa-TIL a-LAV ta-ME HU
Exegesis
A relative clause, introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ă-šer} ‘which’, follows with a negative existential ein {אֵין | ʾên} ‘there is not’, succeeded by two nouns: tsamid {צָמִיד | ṣā-mîḏ} ‘covering’ and patil {פָּתִיל | pā-ṯîl} ‘cord’, in asyndeton, implying alternative criteria for impurity.
In context — Numbers 19:15
And every open vessel which has no covering fastened upon it is unclean .
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 19:15, 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.19.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.15.W4.S1) and character.