Numbers 21:32:9Num.21.32.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁר־שָֽׁם׃
ashersham
“who was there”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-SHAM
- Extended
- ah-shehr-SHAHM
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃer.ˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- who was there
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-e-mo-RI a-sher-SHAM
- clause
va-yo-RESH et-ha-e-mo-RI a-sher-SHAM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH le-ra-GEL et-YA-zer va-yil-ke-DU be-no-TE-ha va-yo-RESH et-ha-e-mo-RI a-sher-SHAM
Exegesis
The final clause wayyoresh {וַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁ | wayyōreš} ‘and he dispossessed’ describes territory clearing, with the relative asher-sham {אֲשֶׁר־שָֽׁם | ʾăšer-šām} ‘who was there’ specifying the displaced inhabitants. The vav-consecutive chain underscores uninterrupted action, and the construct relationship in benoteha highlights the hierarchical nature of the captured settlements.
Root and etymology
א־ש־ה
“fire, burning”
In context — Numbers 21:32
And Moses sent men to spy out Jazer, and they captured its towns , and they dispossessed the Amorite who was there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:32:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 21:32, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־שָֽׁם׃ (ashersham) 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.21.32.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.32.W9.S1) and character.