כַּאֲשֶׁר , מֵאֲשֶׁר . On its use similarly with (אַחֲרֵי) אַחַר , מִבְּלִי ,
בַּעֲבוּר , עַל דְּבַר , יַעַן , לְמַעַן , כְּפִי , עַד , עַל , עֵקֶב , מִפְּנֵי ,
תַּחַת , see these words.— הַאֲשֶׁר , with ה interrog. , occurs once, 2 K 6:22 .
Note 1. אֲשֶׁר being a connecting link, without any perfectly corresponding equivalent in Engl., its force is not unfreq. capable of being represented in more than one way. See e.g. 2 S 2:5 (above 8 c ), Is 28:12 unto whom he said, or for that he said to them .
Note
2. The opinion that
אֲשֶׁר
has an asseverative force (like
כִּי
,
q.v.
), or introduces the apodosis, is not prob., being both alien to its general usage & not required by the passages alleged. Render
Is 8:20
either ‘Surely according to this word will those speak
who
have no dawn,’ or ‘… will they speak
when
(
cf.
supr.
8 d
Dt 11:27 Jos 4:2
1) they have no dawn.’
בַּאֲשֶׁר 19 a. in (that) which … Is 56:4 ; 65:12 ; 66:4 ( supr. 1 ); Ec 3:9 in (that, in) which ( 4 c ); Is 47:12 ( v. 2 ). b. adv. in (the place) where: supr. 4 b ( γ ). c. conj.
in that, inasmuch as
,
•
Gn 39:9
,
23 Ec 7:
2;
8:4
;
cf.
ܒܕ
(
bd
)
d.
•Jon 1:8
לְמִי בַּאֲשֶׁר
on account of
whom? (
בַּאֲשֶׁר לְ
on account of
, framed on model of Aramaic
בְּדִיל
:
v.
sub
שֶׁל
).
כַּאֲשֶׁר
v.
sub
ךְּ
.
מֵאֲשֶׁר
17
a.
from
(or
than
)
that which
(
him, them
, etc.,
that
…)
Gn 31:1 Ex 29:27
(×2) Nu 6:11
(see
Lv 4:26
)
Jos 10:11 Ju 16:30 Is 47:13
+;
than that
…
•
Ec 3:22
;
לְבַד מֵאֲשֶׁר
•Est 4:1
1.
b.
adv.
from
(the place)
where:
supr.
4 b
(
γ
).
c.
conj.
from
(the fact)
that
…,
since
•Is 43:
4.
•[אשׁשׁ TWOT 185 ] (cf. أَسَّسَ (˒assasa) found, establish ) Hithpo. וְהִתְאשָׁשׁוּ Is 46:8 (der. from above by å Jer Hi Kn De M V, shew yourselves
supr. supra, above. adv. adverb. TWOT Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament . åÑ Targum.
Jer Jerome; also Jerusalem. Kn A. Knobel.
MV Gesenius, Handwörterbuch über das A. T. , edd. F. Mühlau & W. Volck.