2 Chronicles 25:24:162 Chr.25.24.W16TAB
שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃
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
- clause
va-ya-SHAV sho-me-RON
- sentence
ve-KHOL-ha-za-HAV ve-ha-KE-sef ve-ET KAL-ha-ke-LIM ha-nim-tse-IM be-VET-ha-e-lo-HIM im-o-VED e-DOM ve-et-o-tse-ROT BET ha-ME-lekh ve-ET be-NE ha-ta-a-ru-VOT va-ya-SHAV sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The wayyiqtol wayyashav {וַיָּ֖שָׁב | way-yā-šāḇ} ‘and he returned’ resolves the list into a narrative endpoint, with shomron {שֹׁמְרֽוֹן | šō-mə-rōn} placed as the destination.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:24
He took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, and the sons of the hostages, and he returned to Samaria.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:24:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 25:24, so the Hebrew word שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ (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 2 Chr.25.24.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.24.W16.S1) and character.