Proverbs 24:29:2Prov.24.29.W2TAB
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר
kaasher
“as or just as”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-SHER
- Extended
- kah-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ka.ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- as or just as
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ka-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER A-sa-LI KEN e-e-SE-lo
- clause
al-to-MAR ka-a-SHER A-sa-LI KEN e-e-SE-lo
- sentence
al-to-MAR ka-a-SHER A-sa-LI KEN e-e-SE-lo a-SHIV la-ISH ke-fa-o-LO
Exegesis
The comparative particle ka’asher {כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | kaʾăšer} ‘just as’ is paired with the adverb ken {כֵּן | kên} ‘thus’, forming a parallelism that underscores reciprocal measure-for-measure action.
In context — Proverbs 24:29
Do not say, “Just as he did to me, so I will do to him; I will repay the man according to his work .”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 24:29, so the Hebrew word כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (kaasher) 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.24.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.29.W2.S1) and character.