Hebrew · H834

אֲשֶׁר

Who , which , what , that ; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when , where , how , because , in order that , etc.

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אֲשֶׁר H834
Pronunciation ʾasher ʿal habbayit

What does אֲשֶׁר (ʾasher ʿal habbayit) mean in the Bible?

אֲשֶׁר (ʾasher ʿal habbayit): Multipurpose relative particle and conjunction; foundational connector linking clauses, conditions, and temporal sequences throughout biblical narrative.

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What does אֲשֶׁר (ʾasher ʿal habbayit) mean in the Bible?

אֲשֶׁר (ʾasher ʿal habbayit): Multipurpose relative particle and conjunction; foundational connector linking clauses, conditions, and temporal sequences throughout biblical narrative.

How does the BSB render H834?

The BSB source-word alignment has 5,502 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include - (2,130), that (854), who (432), as (247), which (153).

Where does אֲשֶׁר (ʾasher ʿal habbayit) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Deuteronomy (584), Jeremiah (460), Genesis (411), 1 Kings (377).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It
- 2,130× Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29
that 854× Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1
who 432× Genesis 14:20, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 15:7
as 247× Genesis 7:9, Genesis 7:16, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 12:4
which 153× Genesis 4:11, Genesis 17:10, Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:5
what 133× Genesis 9:24, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 18:17, Genesis 18:19
just as 130× Genesis 17:23, Genesis 24:51, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 40:22
where 130× Genesis 2:11, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:14
whom 100× Genesis 3:12, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 10:14, Genesis 17:21
when 65× Genesis 6:4, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 32:2
because 44× Genesis 31:49, Genesis 34:27, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 39:23
to which 40× Leviticus 17:7, Numbers 13:27, Numbers 15:18, Numbers 35:25
whose 39× Genesis 1:29, Exodus 1:15, Exodus 25:2, Exodus 35:21
for 28× Genesis 30:18, Exodus 5:21, Numbers 27:14, Deuteronomy 3:24
whatever 25× Genesis 34:12, Genesis 41:55, Leviticus 24:19, Numbers 6:21
how 21× Genesis 30:26, Genesis 30:29, Exodus 10:2, Leviticus 13:51
vvv 20× Genesis 14:17, Leviticus 11:34, Leviticus 13:52, Numbers 27:18
his accomplishments 18× 1 Kings 15:7, 1 Kings 15:23, 1 Kings 15:31, 1 Kings 16:14
those 18× Leviticus 11:21, Numbers 33:55, Joshua 9:1, 2 Kings 6:22
is what 17× Exodus 16:16, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 16:32, Exodus 29:1
the one 17× Genesis 43:29, Genesis 44:16, Genesis 45:4, Leviticus 5:8
in which 16× Genesis 21:23, Leviticus 6:28, Numbers 14:30, Deuteronomy 13:5
with which 16× Exodus 17:5, Numbers 4:9, 1 Kings 8:59, 2 Kings 19:6
by which 15× Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 26:40, Numbers 5:8, Numbers 30:4
of which 15× Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:17, Numbers 10:29, Judges 6:13
who [were] 14× Numbers 16:34, Joshua 8:11, Judges 9:44, 1 Samuel 14:2
on which 13× Genesis 28:13, Deuteronomy 1:36, Joshua 14:9, Joshua 24:13
like 12× Deuteronomy 28:29, Deuteronomy 28:49, Judges 7:5, Judges 16:9
so that 12× Genesis 11:7, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:19, Deuteronomy 4:10
that [is] 12× Genesis 9:16, Exodus 27:21, Exodus 29:32, Leviticus 3:9
and 11× Genesis 24:7, Deuteronomy 11:2, Joshua 24:17, Joshua 24:31
since 10× Leviticus 21:3, Joshua 5:6, 1 Kings 8:39, 1 Kings 12:12
to whom 10× Exodus 6:26, Isaiah 28:12, Jeremiah 9:12, Jeremiah 14:16
. . . Genesis 2:2, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 39:22, Exodus 4:30
in whose Joshua 24:15, Judges 6:10, Ruth 2:2, 2 Samuel 16:8
from which Genesis 3:23, Deuteronomy 9:28, Deuteronomy 28:27, Joshua 20:6
He 1 Samuel 29:3, 2 Samuel 6:20, 1 Kings 1:48, 1 Kings 5:7
after Genesis 24:22, Genesis 30:25, Leviticus 13:58, Joshua 5:8
along with his accomplishments 1 Kings 16:5, 1 Kings 16:27, 2 Kings 1:18, 2 Kings 14:15
So Genesis 22:14, Exodus 4:17, Joshua 3:7, Joshua 5:6
to those 1 Samuel 30:28, 1 Samuel 30:29, 1 Samuel 30:30, Jeremiah 22:25
[and] Deuteronomy 23:4, Esther 9:31, Job 9:5, Psalms 89:51
and how 1 Kings 14:19, 1 Kings 19:1, 1 Kings 22:45, 2 Kings 14:15
and those Genesis 7:23, Numbers 22:6, 2 Chronicles 34:22, Jeremiah 15:2
and what Deuteronomy 11:6, Joshua 2:10, Job 3:25, Ecclesiastes 3:15
and who Exodus 18:10, Numbers 27:17, 1 Samuel 12:6, Ezekiel 44:10
As soon as Genesis 27:30, Genesis 29:10, Judges 8:33, 2 Samuel 20:13
for which Deuteronomy 11:12, 1 Kings 8:43, 1 Chronicles 29:19, 2 Chronicles 6:33
that [was] Genesis 7:22, Genesis 23:17, Joshua 24:26, 1 Samuel 14:43
them Numbers 4:37, Joshua 9:13, Nehemiah 1:10, Nehemiah 9:29
those who Deuteronomy 29:15, Isaiah 49:23, Jeremiah 43:5, Jeremiah 49:12
with Genesis 7:15, Genesis 38:30, Leviticus 11:26, Leviticus 22:20
about which 1 Samuel 24:4, 1 Kings 11:2, Jeremiah 32:43, Jeremiah 36:31
if Genesis 43:14, Deuteronomy 11:27, Deuteronomy 19:5, Judges 7:4
in whom Genesis 41:38, 2 Kings 19:10, Isaiah 37:10, Isaiah 49:3
into which Leviticus 18:3, Numbers 36:3, Numbers 36:4, Isaiah 14:3
wherever Exodus 5:11, Deuteronomy 11:25, Judges 17:9, 2 Samuel 7:9
and as Deuteronomy 29:13, Joshua 2:7, Isaiah 10:11, Ezekiel 2:2
But when Genesis 27:40, Exodus 17:11, 1 Samuel 8:6, 2 Samuel 12:21
from Ruth 2:9, 2 Kings 11:10, 2 Kings 23:8, 2 Chronicles 11:13
of Numbers 6:5, Deuteronomy 28:67, Joshua 13:4, 1 Chronicles 13:6
than Joshua 10:11, Judges 16:30, 2 Samuel 18:8, Ecclesiastes 3:22
that [were] Judges 7:19, 2 Kings 17:9, 2 Kings 23:7, Ezekiel 42:12
that is Genesis 49:32, 1 Samuel 9:19, 1 Samuel 14:7, Nehemiah 9:6
They Job 22:16, Psalms 12:4, Isaiah 30:10, Ezekiel 32:30
while Joshua 14:10, Nehemiah 6:3, Psalms 56:6, Ecclesiastes 7:28
[who] 2 Samuel 21:12, 1 Kings 8:15, 2 Chronicles 6:4
and where Numbers 35:34, Job 39:30, Ezekiel 46:20
he who Deuteronomy 27:26, 1 Samuel 14:45, 1 Samuel 22:23
in what 2 Samuel 24:10, Isaiah 65:18, Jeremiah 38:20
it Genesis 23:9, Leviticus 6:27, Isaiah 19:16
of whom 1 Samuel 9:17, 2 Samuel 6:22, Ezekiel 38:17
something Exodus 10:6, Jeremiah 19:5, Jeremiah 32:35
This Genesis 49:30, Leviticus 7:36, Amos 5:1
though 1 Kings 16:2, Psalms 71:20, Amos 2:9
through which Joshua 2:18, Joshua 24:17, Jeremiah 17:19
which [is] Genesis 14:6, Joshua 12:9, Judges 21:19
who [was] Ruth 2:3, 1 Samuel 25:44, 2 Samuel 24:2
Whoever Judges 6:31, 2 Chronicles 15:13, Isaiah 65:16
[the covenant] 1 Chronicles 16:16, Psalms 105:9
[was] Ezekiel 1:26, Ezekiel 42:7
about whom Judges 8:15, 1 Samuel 29:5
according to what 1 Kings 5:5, Daniel 1:13
among whom Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 28:25
and all that 2 Kings 20:17, Isaiah 39:6
and if Leviticus 6:27, Esther 4:16
and to those 1 Samuel 30:31, Isaiah 49:9
and wherever Ruth 1:16, Ezekiel 36:20
and whose Joshua 12:1, Ezekiel 17:16
anything [made of] 2 Kings 25:15, Jeremiah 52:19
as they did 2 Samuel 7:10, 1 Chronicles 17:9
as those 1 Kings 10:10, 2 Chronicles 9:9
as when Isaiah 29:8
at which 1 Samuel 3:11, Zechariah 11:13
But because Genesis 34:13, Judges 6:27
during which 1 Kings 9:10, 2 Chronicles 8:1
east of 1 Kings 17:3, 1 Kings 17:5
exactly as Numbers 15:14, Judges 7:17
exactly what Numbers 23:12, 1 Samuel 28:17
for whom Genesis 30:26, Ezekiel 23:9
from whom 1 Chronicles 1:12, Ezekiel 23:28
her 2 Samuel 13:19, Ezekiel 32:23
his steward Genesis 44:1, Genesis 44:4
in whatever Genesis 39:23, Ezekiel 47:23
it as Deuteronomy 1:21, Deuteronomy 12:22
of yours 2 Kings 18:19, Isaiah 36:4
on whom Exodus 33:19
So when Genesis 20:13, Genesis 43:2
Solomon’s 1 Kings 10:28, 2 Chronicles 1:16
that [live] Leviticus 11:9, Deuteronomy 14:9
that belongs Genesis 23:9, Numbers 16:26
that in which Isaiah 65:12, Isaiah 66:4
the Leviticus 13:54, Numbers 28:23
those whom 1 Kings 9:21, 2 Chronicles 8:8
to Deuteronomy 4:7, Deuteronomy 4:8
to the one Numbers 5:7, Isaiah 31:6
to what Isaiah 2:8, Ezekiel 2:8
which was 2 Kings 23:8, Jeremiah 32:2
whichever Leviticus 14:22, Leviticus 14:30
who are Joshua 6:22, 2 Samuel 16:21
who belong Genesis 20:7, Joshua 2:13
who belonged Joshua 6:23, Joshua 6:25
who belongs Genesis 19:12, Numbers 16:5
who were Numbers 32:39, 1 Samuel 30:2
with those who Deuteronomy 29:15, Ecclesiastes 8:12
with whom Ezekiel 16:37, Malachi 1:4
you Joshua 2:3, Psalms 8:1
You who Psalms 71:19, Isaiah 51:17
(which Ezekiel 47:16
[but] whatever Numbers 5:10
[caused by] 1 Kings 11:25
[every kind of] Genesis 7:2
[for] Leviticus 18:5
[He] 2 Kings 3:11
[idols] Judges 18:27
[or] Deuteronomy 18:20
[set] Isaiah 28:4
[She also] 1 Chronicles 7:14
[son] Exodus 18:3
[the ark] that 1 Chronicles 13:6
[the day] Exodus 13:3
[the house] in which Jeremiah 7:14
[the idols] Isaiah 2:20
[the land] Exodus 13:5
[the vows] that Psalms 66:14
[the word] that Jeremiah 46:1
[the] Ruth 2:9
[these things] Ezekiel 14:23
[until] Joshua 13:21
[will not depart] Isaiah 59:21
[with] which Genesis 1:21
a 2 Samuel 21:18
about Nehemiah 2:18
about them Deuteronomy 9:2
according to Ezekiel 16:59
administrator 2 Kings 10:5
against whom Malachi 2:14
all Ezekiel 16:63
along with all his possessions Genesis 32:23
Although Ecclesiastes 8:12
an honest Joshua 14:7
and after Joshua 4:11
and as much Ezekiel 46:7
and do exactly as Genesis 27:8
and does what Leviticus 4:27
and everything else Genesis 34:28
and his men 1 Samuel 22:6
and it remains Judges 15:19
and its Genesis 23:20
And just as Deuteronomy 1:19
and on whatever Haggai 1:11
and since 2 Chronicles 21:7
and that Nehemiah 8:15
and the men Judges 20:42
and the one Ecclesiastes 9:2
and those who Malachi 3:18
and though Isaiah 31:4
and you Isaiah 55:1
any Zechariah 14:17
anyone here Genesis 31:32
anything 2 Chronicles 1:12
applies Numbers 8:24
are the men 1 Chronicles 6:31
are the ones Zechariah 1:10
are the ones whom Numbers 34:29
are those of whom Ezekiel 11:15
article Leviticus 13:57
as a comforter Job 29:25
as it was Ezekiel 43:22
As long as Exodus 17:11
as the occasion 1 Samuel 10:7
as they did before Joshua 8:6
as though Zechariah 10:6
as well as in the practices 2 Kings 17:8
at Genesis 31:1
attached Genesis 32:32
back after Judges 16:22
because of Micah 3:4
Because of this 2 Kings 17:26
but Genesis 26:29
But just as Joshua 23:15
but let him who Jeremiah 23:28
but those who Exodus 9:21
by 1 Samuel 13:8
by doing what Leviticus 4:13
by the man to whom Genesis 38:25
By these letters Esther 8:11
by what Joshua 24:5
carefully where 1 Samuel 23:22
containing 1 Samuel 6:15
creature that Genesis 9:2
do Ecclesiastes 2:12
Do for me as 2 Chronicles 2:3
each one Genesis 49:28
even those whom Micah 4:6
even though Esther 4:16
Even what Proverbs 25:7
everything that has Genesis 1:30
except to prepare Exodus 12:16
for permission Daniel 1:8
for someone who has Leviticus 14:32
for the things 1 Chronicles 26:26
for them Ezekiel 23:40
for those Isaiah 9:1
for what Judges 15:10
for when 1 Samuel 24:18
from what Exodus 23:16
from where Psalms 41:8
from your predecessor 1 Chronicles 17:13
he owned Joshua 7:24
he owns Job 2:4
He sent gifts to those 1 Samuel 30:27
here 2 Kings 7:13
Him Job 19:27
His Job 8:14
his possessions Genesis 31:21
I ask that Nehemiah 2:5
I have set these Leviticus 20:25
I sat Ezekiel 3:15
If any Genesis 44:9
if I ever Exodus 10:10
If it Isaiah 29:11
If only Job 10:19
If, however Exodus 21:13
In Psalms 95:4
in its 2 Kings 15:16
in proportion to how Deuteronomy 16:10
in the order Numbers 2:17
is he who Ecclesiastes 4:3
is His Psalms 95:5
is how Genesis 6:15
is just as Genesis 41:28
is just like Deuteronomy 22:26
is the name Jeremiah 33:16
is the One who 1 Samuel 12:6
is to blame Jonah 1:8
It is the same Ecclesiastes 9:2
It will be like Amos 5:19
just as you did when Exodus 5:13
just what Exodus 12:28
lest Exodus 20:26
letters Nehemiah 6:17
like [flesh] Micah 3:3
like the one that 2 Chronicles 35:18
like those Ezekiel 41:25
like what Daniel 9:12
male 1 Samuel 25:22
much Exodus 16:5
my Genesis 33:15
near Judges 18:28
no matter how Numbers 15:12
of anyone who 1 Samuel 11:7
of David’s 1 Chronicles 29:27
of him Lamentations 4:20
of Him to whom Ezekiel 21:27
of his Genesis 25:6
of the area Ezekiel 48:22
of the king’s Nehemiah 2:8
of the man who Leviticus 15:32
of the women who Exodus 38:8
of them Joshua 10:11
of those for whom Ezekiel 23:7
of those who Jeremiah 32:29
Once 1 Samuel 1:24
one Isaiah 29:12
one of them Leviticus 11:32
one with Esther 6:8
or for their 2 Kings 3:9
Others Nehemiah 5:3
over whom Jeremiah 41:10
place that Deuteronomy 2:37
set Isaiah 28:1
She Genesis 24:15
she who Ezekiel 26:17
so [it is] Ecclesiastes 9:2
So whatever Leviticus 25:33
so wherever Ezekiel 47:9
Some Nehemiah 5:2
someone else Numbers 15:14
spoken Zechariah 8:9
Still others Nehemiah 5:4
Such Exodus 11:6
such as 1 Chronicles 29:25
than those who [are] 2 Kings 6:16
that [belonged to] Genesis 31:1
that [belonged] 2 Chronicles 26:23
that [belongs] 2 Samuel 16:4
that [happens] 2 Samuel 14:20
that [the news] 2 Kings 21:12
that anyone Judges 21:5
that belonged to 1 Kings 6:22
that had Genesis 7:22
that has Genesis 6:17
that is in it Genesis 23:11
that man Deuteronomy 21:16
that those Numbers 22:6
that were Ezekiel 42:11
that which Joshua 1:15
the cities Joshua 15:46
the Egyptians Exodus 14:13
the instructions 2 Kings 16:11
the kind Genesis 27:9
the land Genesis 28:4
the likes of which Daniel 12:1
the man 2 Samuel 19:10
the name Ezekiel 36:23
the One who Jeremiah 5:22
the ones who 1 Chronicles 12:15
the overseer 2 Kings 10:5
the owner Leviticus 14:35
the people who 1 Kings 9:20
the place Genesis 50:11
the places that are Ezekiel 42:14
the storehouses Genesis 41:56
the ways of Job 27:11
their Genesis 35:4
Then Psalms 144:12
These are Zechariah 13:6
these people 2 Chronicles 8:7
they have 1 Kings 11:33
they own Genesis 47:1
they owned Numbers 16:33
They were 2 Kings 23:11
thing with which Deuteronomy 6:11
things that 1 Samuel 12:21
This [is] Song Of Solomon 1:1
This [room was] Jeremiah 35:4
those things by which Exodus 29:33
those to whom Isaiah 20:6
those who [are] 2 Kings 6:16
those with whom Isaiah 47:15
to him on your Genesis 42:38
to one Amos 6:10
to one of the men who Judges 14:20
to produce Psalms 119:38
to the keeper 2 Kings 10:22
To the man Judges 1:12
To the man who Joshua 15:16
to the one from whom Leviticus 27:24
to the owner Leviticus 6:5
to the steward Genesis 43:16
to those who Judges 3:2
under 2 Kings 25:10
upon which Leviticus 11:35
was a large one that Jeremiah 41:9
was like 2 Samuel 16:23
was what Genesis 49:28
We Psalms 55:14
were [guarding] Judges 7:11
were afraid Nehemiah 6:16
were the men Numbers 1:44
what belongs Genesis 33:9
what will happen Jeremiah 6:18
whatever else Numbers 6:21
whatever matter Leviticus 5:4
when they Exodus 18:11
whether Numbers 18:15
which [stands] Joshua 22:29
which [was] Jeremiah 20:2
which contains 1 Kings 8:21
which is 1 Samuel 15:7
who [are] Judges 7:18
who [dwelt] Judges 8:31
who had 1 Samuel 14:21
whomever Genesis 6:2
with what 1 Samuel 30:23
within Exodus 20:10
without Esther 4:11
Yet because Ecclesiastes 8:13
You brought them 1 Kings 8:51
you from Isaiah 41:9
you like Deuteronomy 1:44
you whatever Genesis 34:11
You whose Job 37:17
your fate Isaiah 47:13
your message 1 Kings 5:8
your own 2 Kings 20:18
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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 1:7
Aligned rows 5,502
Books represented 39
Genesis 411 Exodus 309 Leviticus 309 Numbers 295 Deuteronomy 584 Joshua 265 Judges 177 Ruth 42 1 Samuel 237 2 Samuel 191 1 Kings 377 2 Kings 319 1 Chronicles 91 2 Chronicles 254 Ezra 24 Nehemiah 96 Esther 99 Job 40 Psalms 102 Proverbs 12 Ecclesiastes 89 Song Of Solomon 1 Isaiah 171 Jeremiah 460 Lamentations 9 Ezekiel 342 Daniel 47 Hosea 12 Joel 12 Amos 18 Obadiah 4 Jonah 12 Micah 16 Nahum 2 Habakkuk 3 Zephaniah 6 Haggai 7 Zechariah 44 Malachi 13
Source forms
אֲשֶׁר־ 1,290x ’ă·šer- Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 2:11
אֲשֶׁ֣ר 1,040x ’ă·šer Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:12
אֲשֶׁ֥ר 974x ’ă·šer Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:8
אֲשֶׁ֨ר 499x ’ă·šer Genesis 2:19, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:22, Genesis 9:2
אֲשֶׁ֤ר 298x ’ă·šer Genesis 3:17, Genesis 9:15, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:14
אֲשֶׁ֖ר 179x ’ă·šer Genesis 1:7, Genesis 14:6, Genesis 18:17, Genesis 22:2
אֲשֶׁר֙ 129x ’ă·šer Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 22:14
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר 109x ka·’ă·šer Genesis 12:11, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 21:1, Genesis 24:52
Parsing patterns
Pronoun - relative 4,804x Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative 494x Genesis 7:9, Genesis 7:16, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 12:4
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative 107x Genesis 7:23, Genesis 24:7, Genesis 34:11, Genesis 39:23
Preposition-l | Pronoun - relative 23x Genesis 27:8, Genesis 43:16, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 16:16
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative 15x Genesis 26:29, Exodus 1:12, Exodus 17:11, Numbers 14:19
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Pronoun - relative 15x Genesis 47:24, Joshua 17:16, 1 Samuel 30:27, 1 Samuel 30:28
Preposition-b | Pronoun - relative 15x Genesis 21:17, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 39:23, Judges 5:27
Preposition-m | Pronoun - relative 15x Exodus 5:11, Exodus 29:27, Leviticus 14:30, Numbers 6:11
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