2 Kings 16:10:72 Kgs.16.10.W7TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙
melekhashur
“king of Assyria”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx.ʔaʃˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Assyria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- phraseyour reading level
tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- clause
va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ lik-re-AT tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR du-ME-sek va-YAR-e et-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-da-MA-sek
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ lik-re-AT tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR du-ME-sek va-YAR-e et-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-da-MA-sek va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ el-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-de-MUT ha-miz-BE-akh ve-et-tab-ni-TO le-khol-ma-a-SE-u
Root and etymology
מ־ל־כ
“reign”
In context — 2 Kings 16:10
The king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, and he saw the altar that was in Damascus. And the king Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest the likeness of the altar and its pattern , according to all its workmanship.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 16:10, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ (melekhashur) 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.16.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.10.W7.S1) and character.