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Psalms 48:9
“We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֲשֶׁרʼăsher · ash-er'
H834 · Hebrew
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
- אֲשֶׁ֤ר — particle (relative)
- Usage
- Occurs 5,503 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:7Genesis 1:7Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:21
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֲשֶׁר here.
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.