Numbers 21:11:7Num.21.11.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁר֙
asher
“that is”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃer/
Meaning by language
- English
- that is
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
va-ya-kha-NU be-i-YEI ha-a-va-RIM ba-mid-BAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mo-AV mi-miz-RAKH ha-SHA-mesh
- sentence
va-yis-U me-o-VOT va-ya-kha-NU be-i-YEI ha-a-va-RIM ba-mid-BAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mo-AV mi-miz-RAKH ha-SHA-mesh
Exegesis
The relative pronoun ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾăšer} ‘which’ connects to the boundary locative ʿal·penê mōʾāḇ {עַל־פְּנֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב | ʿal·penê mōʾāḇ} ‘upon the face of Moab’, specifying its position opposite Moab.
Root and etymology
א־ש־ה
“fire, burning”
In context — Numbers 21:11
And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-ha-Abarim in the wilderness that overlooks Moab, toward the east .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 21:11, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֙ (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.21.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.11.W7.S1) and character.