Numbers 19:16:2Num.19.16.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁר־
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃer/
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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KOL a-SHER yi-GA
- clause
ve-KOL a-SHER yi-GA al-pe-NEI ha-sa-DEH ba-kha-LAL-KHE-rev OH be-MET OH-be-ET-sem a-DAM OH be-KA-ver
- sentence
ve-KOL a-SHER yi-GA al-pe-NEI ha-sa-DEH ba-kha-LAL-KHE-rev OH be-MET OH-be-ET-sem a-DAM OH be-KA-ver yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the universal quantifier ve-khol {וְכֹל | wə-ḵōl} ‘and all/anyone’ followed by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’ governing the verb yigga {יִגַּע | yiqqāʿ} ‘touches’.
In context — Numbers 19:16
And anyone who touches, on the surface of the field, one slain by the sword, or a dead body, or a bone, or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 19:16, 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.19.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.16.W2.S1) and character.