Numbers 20:24:8Num.20.24.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER na-ta-TI
- clause
ye-a-SEF a-ha-RON el-am-MAV KI LO ya-VO el-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-ta-TI liv-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ye-a-SEF a-ha-RON el-am-MAV KI LO ya-VO el-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-ta-TI liv-NEI yis-ra-EL AL a-SHER-me-ri-TEM et-PI le-MEI me-ri-VA
Exegesis
The relative asher natatti {אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי | ʾăšer nā-ṭat-tî} ‘which I have given’ recalls covenant grant language.
In context — Numbers 20:24
Aaron will be gathered to his people, because he will not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, on account of your rebellion against my mouth at the waters of Meribah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 20:24, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (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.20.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.24.W8.S1) and character.