2 Chronicles 18:9:132 Chr.18.9.W13TAB
שַׁ֣עַר
shaar
“gate of”
- Transliteration
- SHA-ar
- Extended
- SHAH-ahr
- IPA
- /ˈʃa.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- gate of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHA-ar
- phraseyour reading level
SHA-ar shom-ROn
- clause
u-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA yo-she-VIM ISH al-KIS-ev me-lu-ba-SHIM be-ga-DIM ve-yo-she-VIM 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-KIS-ev me-lu-ba-SHIM be-ga-DIM ve-yo-she-VIM be-GO-ren PE-takh SHA-ar shom-ROn ve-KHOL-ha-ne-vi-IM mit-na-be-IM lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
Locative phrases bəgṓren {בְּגֹ֔רֶן | bəgṓren} and pĕṯāḥ šāʿar {פֶּ֖תַח שַׁ֣עַר | pĕṯāḥ šāʿar} specify the public setting at the threshing floor and gate of Samaria {šōmrōn | שֹׁמְרוֹן}, emphasizing a communal gathering.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:9
The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat each on his throne, clothed in garments ; they sat at the threshing floor near the entrance of the gate of Samaria, while all the prophets were prophesying before them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 18:9, so the Hebrew word שַׁ֣עַר (shaar) 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.18.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.9.W13.S1) and character.