2 Chronicles 18:2:52 Chr.18.2.W5TAB
לְשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן
leshomreron
“to Samaria”
- Transliteration
- le-shom-re-RON
- Extended
- leh-shohm-reh-ROHN
- IPA
- /ləʃom.rəˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Samaria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-shom-re-RON
- clause
va-ye-RED le-KETS sha-NIM el-a-KHAV le-shom-re-RON va-yiz-BAKH-lo a-KHAV TSON u-va-KAR la-ROV ve-la-AM a-SHER i-MO
- sentence
va-ye-RED le-KETS sha-NIM el-a-KHAV le-shom-re-RON va-yiz-BAKH-lo a-KHAV TSON u-va-KAR la-ROV ve-la-AM a-SHER i-MO va-ye-si-TE-hu la-a-LOT el-ra-MOT gil-AD
Exegesis
Direction is marked by the preposition ʾel- {אֶל־ | ʾel} prefixed to proper names (Ahab {אַחְאָב | ʾaḥʾāv} and Samaria {שֹׁמְרוֹן | šōmrōn}).
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:2
After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria, and Ahab slaughtered sheep and cattle in abundance for him and the people with him; then he induced him to go up to Ramoth Gilead .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 18:2, so the Hebrew word לְשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן (leshomreron) 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 2 Chr.18.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.2.W5.S1) and character.