Numbers 32:4:2Num.32.4.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- a-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
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 hik-KA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ha-A-retz a-SHER hik-KA Ye-ho-VAH lif-NEI a-DAT yis-ra-EL E-retz mik-NEH hi
- sentence
ha-A-retz a-SHER hik-KA Ye-ho-VAH lif-NEI a-DAT yis-ra-EL E-retz mik-NEH hi ve-la-a-va-DE-kha mik-NEH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the subject noun phrase haaretz {הָאָ֗רֶץ | hā-'ā-reṣ} ‘the land’, followed by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ăšer} ‘which’ introducing a restrictive relative clause.
In context — Numbers 32:4
The land which the LORD struck down before the assembly of Israel is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 32:4, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֨ר (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.32.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.4.W2.S1) and character.