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אֲשֶׁר

a.sherwhichHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentPronoun5,502 occurrences39 books4,440 verses

Definition

a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Traditional renderings: × after, × alike, as (soon as), because, × every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), × if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), × though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אֲשֶׁר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5,502 total
  1. Numbers 12:3אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
  2. Numbers 12:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר; וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
  3. Numbers 12:12אֲשֶׁ֤ר · whose
    Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
  4. Numbers 13:2אֲשֶׁר־ · which
    “Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”
  5. Numbers 13:16אֲשֶׁר־
    These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
  6. Numbers 13:19אֲשֶׁר־ · where; אֲשֶׁר־ · where
    Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?
  7. Numbers 13:24אֲשֶׁר־
    Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
  8. Numbers 13:27אֲשֶׁ֣ר · to which
    And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!
  9. Numbers 13:31אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
  10. Numbers 13:32אֲשֶׁ֣ר · that; אֲשֶׁר֩; אֲשֶׁר־
    So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.
  11. Numbers 14:7אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    …and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.
  12. Numbers 14:8אֲשֶׁר־
    If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.
  13. Numbers 14:11אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
  14. Numbers 14:14אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
  15. Numbers 14:15אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,
  16. Numbers 14:16אֲשֶׁר־
    ‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
  17. Numbers 14:17כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · just as
    So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:
  18. Numbers 14:19וְכַאֲשֶׁ֤ר · just as
    Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”
  19. Numbers 14:22אֲשֶׁר־
    …not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
  20. Numbers 14:23אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    …not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
  21. Numbers 14:24אֲשֶׁר־
    But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
  22. Numbers 14:27אֲשֶׁ֛ר; אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.
  23. Numbers 14:28כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
  24. Numbers 14:29אֲשֶׁ֥ר · because
    Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
  25. Numbers 14:30אֲשֶׁ֤ר · in which
    Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
  26. Numbers 14:31אֲשֶׁ֥ר · whom; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
  27. Numbers 14:34אֲשֶׁר־
    In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.
  28. Numbers 14:36אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land—
  29. Numbers 14:40אֲשֶׁר־
    Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”
  30. Numbers 15:2אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land that I am giving you as a home
  31. Numbers 15:12אֲשֶׁ֣ר · no matter how
    This is how you must prepare each one, no matter how many.
  32. Numbers 15:14אֲשֶֽׁר־ · someone else; כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · exactly as
    And for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is to do exactly as you do.
  33. Numbers 15:18אֲשֶׁ֥ר · to which
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land to which I am bringing you
  34. Numbers 15:22אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Now if you stray unintentionally and do not obey all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses—
  35. Numbers 15:23אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that; אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    …all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come—
  36. Numbers 15:30אֲשֶֽׁר־ · who
    But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
  37. Numbers 15:36כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  38. Numbers 15:39אֲשֶׁר־
    These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
  39. Numbers 15:41אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God.”
  40. Numbers 16:5אֲשֶׁר־ · who belongs; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · The one
    Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses He will bring near to Himself.
  41. Numbers 16:7אֲשֶׁר־
    …and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”