Psalm 18:0:5Ps.18.0.W5TABWLC Psalms 18:1
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
asher
“who”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
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
le-da-VID a-SHER di-BER la-Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
la-me-na-TSE-akh le-E-ved Ye-ho-VAH le-da-VID a-SHER di-BER la-Ye-ho-VAH ET-di-ve-RE ha-shi-RA ha-ZOT
- sentence
la-me-na-TSE-akh le-E-ved Ye-ho-VAH le-da-VID a-SHER di-BER la-Ye-ho-VAH ET-di-ve-RE ha-shi-RA ha-ZOT be-YOM hi-TSIL-Ye-ho-VAH o-TO mi-KAF KAL-o-ye-VAV u-mi-YAD sha-UL
Exegesis
The relative clause asher dibber laYHWH {אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ׀ לַיהוָה | ʾăšer dibber laYHWH} introduces the occasion of utterance, while et-divrei hashirah hazzot {אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת | ʾeṯ-dibrê haššîrāh hazzōʾṯ} specifies that what follows is a crafted song, not casual speech.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin
“fire”
In context — Psalm 18:0
To the Chief Musician. Of David, the servant of the LORD , who spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day the LORD delivered him from the grasp of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:0:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Psalm 18:0, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֤ר (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 Ps.18.0.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.0.W5.S1) and character.