2 Kings 14:23:122 Kgs.14.23.W12TAB
בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן
beshomeron
“in Samaria”
- Transliteration
- be-SHO-me-RON
- Extended
- beh-SHOH-meh-ROHN
- IPA
- /bəʃoː.məˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Samaria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
be-SHO-me-RON
- clause
ma-LAKH ya-rav-AM ben-yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-SHO-me-RON ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA
- sentence
bish-NAT kha-MESH-eS-re sha-NA la-a-mats-ya-HU ben-yo-ASH ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ya-rav-AM ben-yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-SHO-me-RON ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA
Exegesis
The locative bə-šomrôn {בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן | bə-šomrôn} “in Samaria” marks his seat of power.
In context — 2 Kings 14:23
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria; he reigned forty-one years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 14:23, so the Hebrew word בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן (beshomeron) 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 Kgs.14.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.23.W12.S1) and character.