1 Kings 22:10:131 Kgs.22.10.W13TAB
שֹׁמְרֹ֑ון
shomron
“Samaria”
- Transliteration
- shom-ROn
- Extended
- shohm-ROHN
- IPA
- /ʃomˈroːn/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shom-ROn
- phraseyour reading level
PE-takh SHA-ar shom-ROn
- clause
yo-she-VIM ISH al-ki-SO me-lu-ba-SHIM be-ga-DIM be-GO-ren PE-takh SHA-ar shom-ROn
- sentence
u-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA yo-she-VIM ISH al-ki-SO me-lu-ba-SHIM be-ga-DIM be-GO-ren PE-takh SHA-ar shom-ROn ve-khal-ha-ne-vi-IM mit-na-ve-IM lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
Three successive prepositional phrases—be-goren {בְּגֹרֶן | bǝgōren} ‘at the threshing floor’, petach shaʻar Shomron {פֶּתַח שַׁעַר שֹׁמְרוֹן | pə-taḥ šaʿ-ar šōm-rōn} ‘the entrance of the gate of Samaria’—layer spatial detail.
Root and etymology
RootShin–Mem–Resh
“to guard”
In context — 1 Kings 22:10
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, were sitting, each man on his throne, clothed in robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 22:10, so the Hebrew word שֹׁמְרֹ֑ון (shomron) 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.22.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.10.W13.S1) and character.