1 Kings 16:24:31 Kgs.16.24.W3TAB
שֹׁמְר֛וֹן
shomeron
“Samaria”
- Transliteration
- sho-me-RON
- Extended
- shoh-meh-ROHN
- IPA
- /ʃoːməˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Samaria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-me-RON
- phraseyour reading level
ET-ha-HAR sho-me-RON
- clause
va-yi-KEN ET-ha-HAR sho-me-RON me-ET SHE-mer be-khi-kka-RA-yim KA-sef
- sentence
va-yi-KEN ET-ha-HAR sho-me-RON me-ET SHE-mer be-khi-kka-RA-yim KA-sef va-yi-VEN ET-ha-HAR va-yik-RA ET-SHEM ha-IR a-SHER ba-NA AL shem-SHE-mer a-do-NE ha-HAR sho-me-RON
Root and etymology
š-m-rshin–mem–resh
“to keep; guard”
In context — 1 Kings 16:24
And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he built on the hill, and he called the name of the city which he built after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 16:24, so the Hebrew word שֹׁמְר֛וֹן (shomeron) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.16.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.24.W3.S1) and character.