Proverbs 31:1:5Prov.31.1.W5TAB
אֲֽשֶׁר־יִסְּרַ֥תּוּ
asheryisratu
“which instructed him”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-yis-RA-tu
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-yihs-RAA-too
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.jisˈrat.tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which instructed him
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-yis-RA-tu
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-yis-RA-tu i-MO
- clause
mas-SA a-SHER-yis-RA-tu i-MO
- sentence
div-RE le-mu-EL ME-lekh mas-SA a-SHER-yis-RA-tu i-MO
Exegesis
A relative clause marked by asher {אֲֽשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘that’ immediately connects to yisseratu {יִסְּרַתּוּ | yisərrāṯû} ‘she instructed him’, where the Piel perfect form encodes completed maternal teaching with a third person masculine singular object suffix.
In context — Proverbs 31:1
The words of King Lemuel, the oracle that his mother instructed him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 31:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 31:1, so the Hebrew word אֲֽשֶׁר־יִסְּרַ֥תּוּ (asheryisratu) 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.31.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.31.1.W5.S1) and character.