2 Kings 16:18:142 Kgs.16.18.W14TAB
אַשּֽׁוּר׃
ashur
“Assyria”
- Transliteration
- a-SHUR
- Extended
- ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHUR
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh a-SHUR
- clause
mi-pe-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
ve-ET-mi-sakh MU-sakh ha-sha-BAT a-sher-ba-NU ba-BA-yit ve-ET-me-VO ha-ME-lekh ha-khi-tso-NA he-SEV BET Ye-ho-VAH mi-pe-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR
In context — 2 Kings 16:18
And the Sabbath covered way that they had built in the house, and the king’s outer entrance, he diverted from the house of the LORD because of the king of Assyria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:18:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 16:18, so the Hebrew word אַשּֽׁוּר׃ (ashur) 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.16.18.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.18.W14.S1) and character.