1 Kings 20:1:131 Kgs.20.1.W13TAB
עַל־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן
alshomeron
“against Samaria”
- Transliteration
- al-SHO-mer-ON
- Extended
- ahL-SHOH-mehr-OHN
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃoˈmrɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Samaria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-SHO-mer-ON
- clause
va-ya-AL va-ya-TSAR al-SHO-mer-ON va-yil-la-KHEM BAH
- sentence
u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM ka-VATS et-KAL-KHEI-lo u-she-lo-SHIM u-she-NA-yim ME-lekh i-TO ve-SUS va-ra-KHEV va-ya-AL va-ya-TSAR al-SHO-mer-ON va-yil-la-KHEM BAH
In context — 1 Kings 20:1
And Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his army and thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. Then he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 20:1, so the Hebrew word עַל־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן (alshomeron) 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.20.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.1.W13.S1) and character.