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Joshua 8:31

“As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֲשֶׁרʼăsher · ash-er'
H834 · Hebrew
Definition
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Derivation
a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number);
KJV renderings
[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
Grammar
  • כַּ — preposition
  • אֲשֶׁ֣ר — particle (relative)
Code HR/Tr
Usage
Occurs 5,503 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:7Genesis 1:7Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:21

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.