Numbers 22:26:7Num.22.26.W7TAB
אֲשֶׁ֛ר
asher
“where”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- where
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-a-MOD be-ma-KOM TSAR a-SHER EIN-DE-rekh lin-TOT ya-MIN u-se-MOL
- sentence
va-YO-sef mal-AKH-ye-ho-VAH a-VOR va-ya-a-MOD be-ma-KOM TSAR a-SHER EIN-DE-rekh lin-TOT ya-MIN u-se-MOL
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾă-šer} 'where' opens a clause that specifies restriction through the negative existential ein {אֵֽין | ʾān} 'there is not' + derekh {דֶּ֥רֶךְ | de-reḵ} 'way,' governing the infinitive lintot {לִנְט֖וֹת | lin-tôt} 'to turn,' and defining both yamin {יָמִ֥ין | yā-min} 'right' and usemol {וּשְׂמֹֽאול | u-sə-mōl} 'left.' This syntactic configuration emphasizes the impassability of the site, a nuance rendered in English by preserving clause linkage and relational markers to reflect the Hebrew’s tight narrative cohesion.
Root and etymology
s-rshin-resh
“prince, leader”
In context — Numbers 22:26
And the angel of the LORD continued on and stood in a narrow place , where there was no way to turn right or left.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 22:26, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֛ר (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.22.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.26.W7.S1) and character.