כאשר
Hebrew
Etymology
From כְּ־ (k'-, “like, as”) and אֲשֶׁר (ashér, “that, which”); compare כְּשֶׁ־ (k'she-).
Conjunction
כַּאֲשֶׁר • (ka'ashér)
- When, as, at the time that.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see כ־, אשר.
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- וְלֹא עָשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶן מֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם
- and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them
- וְלֹא עָשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶן מֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם
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Usage notes
- In modern use, this term is comparatively formal, the shorter synonym כְּשֶׁ־ (k'she-) being comparatively informal.
- Unlike English when, כַּאֲשֶׁר is not used in framing questions, nor in introducing interrogative content clauses; the interrogative adverb and conjunction מָתַי (matái, “when”) is used for these purposes.
- Whereas in English, when and that are somewhat interchangeable in introducing complement clauses for temporal nouns — “the time when” and “the time that” being synonymous — in Hebrew כַּאֲשֶׁר cannot be used this way; rather, אֲשֶׁר (ashér, “that, which”) or (more frequently) שֶׁ־ (she-, “that, which”) is required.