Numbers 4:46:2Num.4.46.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁר֩
asher
“whom”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom
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 pa-KAD mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON
- clause
KOL-ha-pe-ku-DEEM a-SHER pa-KAD mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON u-ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL ET-hal-vi-YIM
- sentence
KOL-ha-pe-ku-DEEM a-SHER pa-KAD mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON u-ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL ET-hal-vi-YIM le-mish-pe-KHO-tam u-le-VEIT a-vo-TAM
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} ‘whom’ specifies the completed action of the Qal perfect verb pāqaḏ {פָּקַד | pāqaḏ} ‘he counted’.
In context — Numbers 4:46
All the counted ones whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel counted, the Levites, by their clans and by the houses of their fathers.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:46:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 4:46, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר֩ (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.4.46.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.46.W2.S1) and character.