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A relative clause

BH-097Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר...

Transliterationha-ish asher...

Plain meaningthe man who...

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

A relative clause

The word אֲשֶׁר connects הָאִישׁ to a clause that tells you more about him. Rather than starting a separate sentence, Hebrew embeds the description directly after the relative connector.

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SEE HOW IT WORKS

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הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר...
ORIGINAL

BH-097

ha-ish asher...
READING

Approved transliteration

the man who...
MEANING

Biblical Hebrew

REMEMBER

אֲשֶׁר opens information that describes or identifies what came before.