Numbers 5:8:14Num.5.8.W14TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which
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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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ye-ka-PER-BO
- clause
mil-le-VAD EIL ha-ki-pu-RIM a-SHER ye-ka-PER-BO a-LAV
- sentence
ve-IM-EIN la-ISH go-EL le-ha-SHIV ha-a-SHAM e-LAV ha-a-SHAM ha-mu-SHAV la-ye-ho-VAH la-ko-HEN mil-le-VAD EIL ha-ki-pu-RIM a-SHER ye-ka-PER-BO a-LAV
Exegesis
The exclusion mî-lə-ḇaḏ {מִלְּבַד | mî-lə-ḇaḏ} ‘apart from’ introduces ʾêl ha-kip-pû-rîm {אֵיל הַכִּפֻּרִים | ʾêl ha-kip-pû-rîm} ‘ram of atonement’ and its relative clause ʾă-šer yə-kha-p̄er-bô ʿă-lāw {אֲשֶׁר יְכַפֶּר־בּוֹ עָלָיו | ʾă-šer yə-kha-p̄er-bô ʿă-lāw} ‘which atones for him’. This structure contrasts familial obligation with cultic atonement, highlighting priestly mediation and divine justice.
In context — Numbers 5:8
And if the one wronged has no redeemer to whom restitution for the wrong may be restored, the restitution to be restored shall belong to the LORD for the priest, apart from the ram of atonement which atones for him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 5:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 5:8, 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.5.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.5.8.W14.S1) and character.