2 Kings 15:14:62 Kgs.15.14.W6TAB
שֹׁמְר֔וֹן
shomreron
“Samaria”
- Transliteration
- shom-re-RON
- Extended
- shohm-reh-ROHN
- IPA
- /ʃom.rəˈroːn/
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
shom-re-RON
- clause
va-YA-al me-na-KHEM ben-GA-di mit-tir-TSA va-ya-BO shom-re-RON va-YAKH et-shal-LUM ben-ya-VESH be-shom-re-RON
- sentence
va-YA-al me-na-KHEM ben-GA-di mit-tir-TSA va-ya-BO shom-re-RON va-YAKH et-shal-LUM ben-ya-VESH be-shom-re-RON va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-yim-LOKH takh-TAIV
Exegesis
The repetition of the place name šōmrôn {שֹׁמְרוֹן | šōmrôn} frames the geographical setting.
In context — 2 Kings 15:14
And Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria; and he struck down Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and put him to death, and he reigned in his place .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 15:14, so the Hebrew word שֹׁמְר֔וֹן (shomreron) 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.15.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.14.W6.S1) and character.