Proverbs 2:15:1Prov.2.15.W1TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
asher
“who or which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who or 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- clause
a-SHER or-kho-te-HEM i-ke-SHIM
- sentence
a-SHER or-kho-te-HEM i-ke-SHIM u-ne-lo-ZIM be-ma-ge-lo-TAM
Exegesis
Hebrew employs a verbless relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾašer} ‘who,’ linking back to the antecedent in Proverbs 2:14.
In context — Proverbs 2:15
Whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways
About this coordinate
Proverbs 2:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 2:15, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר (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 Prov.2.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.2.15.W1.S1) and character.