2 Kings 16:8:122 Kgs.16.8.W12TAB
לְמֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר
lemelekhashur
“to the king of Assyria”
- Transliteration
- le-ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- Extended
- leh-MEH-lehkh-ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /ləmɛlɛx.ʔaʃˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the king of Assyria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH le-ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- clause
va-yish-LAKH le-ME-lekh-a-SHUR SHO-khad
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-KHAZ et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ha-nim-TSA BET Ye-ho-VAH u-ve-ots-re-OT BET ha-ME-lekh va-yish-LAKH le-ME-lekh-a-SHUR SHO-khad
Exegesis
The second vav-consecutive verb vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח | wayyiš-lāḥ} ‘and he sent’ governs shochad {שֹֽׁחַד | šō-ḥaḏ} ‘tribute’ directed le-melekh-Ashur {לְמֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר | lə-mme-lek̄-’aššûr} ‘to the king of Assyria’. The formal rendering “present” and the dynamic “payment” for shochad reflect respectively a ceremonial offering and a political transaction.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־כ
“reign”
In context — 2 Kings 16:8
Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the royal storerooms, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 16:8, so the Hebrew word לְמֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר (lemelekhashur) 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.16.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.8.W12.S1) and character.