Genesis 42:21:8Gen.42.21.W8PAT
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
asher
“because”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
- French
- parce que
- Spanish
- porque
- Portuguese
- porque
- German
- weil
- Russian
- потому что
- Arabic-Simplified
- لأن
- Hindi
- क्योंकि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 因为
- Korean
- 왜냐하면
- Indonesian
- karena
- Bengali
- কারণ
- Tagalog
- sapagkat
- Swahili
- kwa kuwa
- Amharic
- ምክንያቱም
- Yoruba
- nítorí pé
- Igbo
- n'ihi na
- Twi
- efisɛ
- Ewe
- elabena
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ra-I-nu
- clause
va-yo-me-RU ISH el-a-KHIV a-VAL a-she-MIM a-nakh-NU al-a-KHI-nu a-SHER ra-I-nu tsa-RAT naf-SHO be-hi-te-kha-ne-NO e-LE-nu ve-LO sha-MA-nu
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ISH el-a-KHIV a-VAL a-she-MIM a-nakh-NU al-a-KHI-nu a-SHER ra-I-nu tsa-RAT naf-SHO be-hi-te-kha-ne-NO e-LE-nu ve-LO sha-MA-nu al-KEN ba-A e-LE-nu ha-tsa-RA ha-ZOT
In context — Genesis 42:21
they said each one to his brother indeed are guilty we concerning our brother because we saw distress of his soul when he pleaded to us and not we listened therefore has come upon us distress this
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 42:21, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֨ר (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.42.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.21.W8.S1) and character.