2 Kings 15:29:222 Kgs.15.29.W22TAB
אַשּֽׁוּרָה׃
ashura
“to Assyria”
- Transliteration
- a-shu-RA
- Extended
- ah-shoo-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔaʃ.ʃuːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Assyria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-shu-RA
- clause
va-yag-LEM a-shu-RA
- sentence
bi-ME PE-kakh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL BA tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh a-SHUR va-yik-KAKH et-i-YON ve-et-a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-et-ya-NO-khakh ve-et-KE-desh ve-et-kha-TSOR ve-et-ha-gil-AD ve-et-ha-ga-li-LA KOL E-rets naf-ta-LI va-yag-LEM a-shu-RA
Exegesis
Finally, the Hiphil imperfect vayaglem {וַיַּגְלֵ֖ם | way-yag-lêm} ‘and he exiled them’ conveys forcible removal, with Ashurah {אַשּׁוּרָה | ’aš-šû-rā} indicating the destination. The Hebrew paratactic series is rendered in English as a coordinated list to preserve clarity and flow.
In context — 2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, the Gilead, and the Galilee—all the land of Naphtali —and he exiled them to Assyria .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:29:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Kings 15:29, so the Hebrew word אַשּֽׁוּרָה׃ (ashura) 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.15.29.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.29.W22.S1) and character.