2 Chronicles 28:8:152 Chr.28.8.W15TAB
לְשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃
leshomeron
“to Samaria”
- Transliteration
- le-sho-me-RON
- Extended
- leh-shoh-meh-ROHN
- IPA
- /ləʃoːməˈroːn/
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-sho-me-RON
- clause
va-ya-VI-u et-ha-sha-LAL le-sho-me-RON
- sentence
va-yish-BU be-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-a-KHE-hem ma-A-ta-yim E-lef na-SHIM ba-NIM u-va-NOT ve-gam-sha-LAL RAV baz-ZU me-HEM va-ya-VI-u et-ha-sha-LAL le-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The final clause wayyāḇîʾû ʾet-haššālāl lə-šomrôn {וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶת־הַשָּׁלָל לְשֹׁמְרוֹן | wayyāḇîʾû ʾet-haššālāl ləšōmrôn} employs the et-direct object marker plus a lamed-locative phrase to indicate direction, underscoring both the human tragedy and the acquisitive outcome.
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:8
And the sons of Israel took captive from their brothers two hundred thousand—women, sons, and daughters—and they also took much spoil from them and carried the spoil to Samaria .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 28:8, so the Hebrew word לְשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ (leshomeron) 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.28.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.8.W15.S1) and character.