Genesis 18:17:6Gen.18.17.W6PAT
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
asher
“what”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
- French
- ce que
- Spanish
- lo que
- Portuguese
- o que
- German
- was
- Russian
- что
- Arabic-Simplified
- ما
- Hindi
- जो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 所
- Korean
- 것을
- Indonesian
- apa yang
- Bengali
- যা
- Tagalog
- kung ano ang
- Swahili
- kile ambacho
- Amharic
- ምን
- Yoruba
- ohun tí
- Igbo
- ihe
- Twi
- nea
- Ewe
- si
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֲ + שֶׁ֖ר
↓
a + sher
↓
asher
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- clause
ha-me-khas-SE a-NI me-av-ra-HAM a-SHER a-NI o-SE
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR ha-me-khas-SE a-NI me-av-ra-HAM a-SHER a-NI o-SE
In context — Genesis 18:17
and the LORD said hide I from Abraham what I am doing
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:17, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֖ר (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 Gen.18.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.17.W6.S1) and character.