Numbers 21:34:19Num.21.34.W19TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
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
a-SHER yo-SHEV
- clause
ve-a-si-TA LO ka-a-SHER a-si-TA le-si-CHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER yo-SHEV be-khesh-BON
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH al-ti-RA o-TO KI ve-yad-KHA na-ta-TI o-TO ve-ET-KOL-am-MO ve-ET-art-SO ve-a-si-TA LO ka-a-SHER a-si-TA le-si-CHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER yo-SHEV be-khesh-BON
Exegesis
The comparative ka-ʾăšer {כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | ka-ʾăšer} clause links this promise to Israel’s prior conquest of Sihon, establishing a pattern of divine enablement and Israelite obedience.
Root and etymology
א־ש־ה
“fire, burning”
In context — Numbers 21:34
And the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand along with all his people and his land. And you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon , king of the Amorites, who dwells in Heshbon.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:34:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Numbers 21:34, 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.21.34.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.34.W19.S1) and character.