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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 21:32אֲשֶׁר־ · who
    After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
  2. Numbers 21:34כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר · as; אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
  3. Numbers 22:2אֲשֶׁר־ · that
    Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,
  4. Numbers 22:5אֲשֶׁ֧ר · which
    …he sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
  5. Numbers 22:6אֲשֶׁר־ · that those; וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר · and those
    So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”
  6. Numbers 22:8כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · that
    “Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
  7. Numbers 22:17אֲשֶׁר־
    …for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
  8. Numbers 22:20אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”
  9. Numbers 22:26אֲשֶׁ֛ר · where
    And the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or left.
  10. Numbers 22:30אֲשֶׁר־
    But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.
  11. Numbers 22:35אֲשֶׁר־ · what
    But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
  12. Numbers 22:36אֲשֶׁר֙; אֲשֶׁ֖ר
    When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.
  13. Numbers 22:38אֲשֶׁ֨ר · that
    “See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
  14. Numbers 22:40אֲשֶׁ֥ר · who
    Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he gave portions to Balaam and the princes who were with him.
  15. Numbers 23:2כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
  16. Numbers 23:12אֲשֶׁ֨ר · exactly what
    But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
  17. Numbers 23:13אֲשֶׁ֣ר · where
    Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”
  18. Numbers 23:26אֲשֶׁר־
    But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”
  19. Numbers 23:30כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר · as
    So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
  20. Numbers 24:4אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    …the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
  21. Numbers 24:12אֲשֶׁר־
    Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me
  22. Numbers 24:13אֲשֶׁר־ · whatever
    …that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I must speak whatever the LORD says.
  23. Numbers 24:14אֲשֶׁ֨ר · what
    Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”
  24. Numbers 25:13אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
  25. Numbers 25:14אֲשֶׁ֤ר
    The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.
  26. Numbers 25:18אֲשֶׁר־ · when
    For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”
  27. Numbers 26:4כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ · as
    “Take a census of the men twenty years of age or older, as the LORD has commanded Moses.” And these were the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt:
  28. Numbers 26:9אֲשֶׁ֨ר · who
    …and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.
  29. Numbers 26:59אֲשֶׁ֨ר
    …and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
  30. Numbers 26:63אֲשֶׁ֨ר · when
    These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
  31. Numbers 26:64אֲשֶׁ֥ר · when
    Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.
  32. Numbers 27:11כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
  33. Numbers 27:12אֲשֶׁ֥ר · that
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
  34. Numbers 27:13כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר · as
    After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
  35. Numbers 27:14כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ · for
    …for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.
  36. Numbers 27:17אֲשֶׁר־ · who; וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר · and who; וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר; וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר; אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    …who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
  37. Numbers 27:18אֲשֶׁר־
    And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.
  38. Numbers 27:22כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. He took Joshua, had him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,
  39. Numbers 27:23כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר · as
    …and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.
  40. Numbers 28:3אֲשֶׁ֥ר
    And tell them that this is the food offering you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs.
  41. Numbers 28:23אֲשֶׁ֖ר · the
    You are to present these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering.
  42. Numbers 29:40אֲשֶׁר־ · just as
    So Moses spoke all this to the Israelites just as the LORD had commanded him.
  43. Numbers 30:1אֲשֶׁ֖ר · is what
    Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded: