Deuteronomy 16:21:3Deut.16.21.W3PAT
אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה
asherah
“Asherah”
- Transliteration
- a-she-RAH
- Extended
- ah-sheh-RAAH
- IPA
- /ʔaʃeˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Asherah
- French
- Ashera
- Spanish
- Asera
- Portuguese
- Aserá
- German
- Aschera
- Russian
- Ашера
- Arabic-Simplified
- أشيرة
- Hindi
- अशेरा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 亚舍拉
- Korean
- 아세라
- Indonesian
- Asyera
- Bengali
- আশেরা
- Tagalog
- Ashera
- Swahili
- Ashera
- Amharic
- አሸራ
- Yoruba
- Ashera
- Igbo
- Asera
- Twi
- Ashera
- Ewe
- Ashera
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-she-RAH
- clause
lo-ti-TA le-KHA a-she-RAH kohl-ETS
- sentence
lo-ti-TA le-KHA a-she-RAH kohl-ETS E-TSEL miz-BAKH Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER ta-a-SEH-lakh
In context — Deuteronomy 16:21
you shall not plant for yourself Asherah any tree beside the altar of LORD your God that you shall make for yourself
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 16:21, so the Hebrew word אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה (asherah) 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 Deut.16.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.21.W3.S1) and character.