Numbers 25:14:4Num.25.14.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-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
- sentence
ve-SHEM-ISH yis-ra-EL ha-mu-KEH a-SHER hu-KAH ET-ha-mid-ya-NIT zim-RI ben-sa-LU-a na-SI BEIT-AV la-shim-o-NI
Exegesis
A relative clause with asher hukkah {אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֻכָּה֙ | ʾă-šer hu-k-kāh} ‘who was struck’ is marked by the accusative et-ha-midyanit {אֶת־הַמִּדְיָנִ֔ית | ʾet-ha-mid-yā-nîṯ} ‘the Midianite woman’, indicating accompaniment.
In context — Numbers 25:14
And the name of the Israelite man who was struck with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a father’s house among the Simeonites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 25:14, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר (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.25.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.14.W4.S1) and character.