2 Kings 17:24:102 Kgs.17.24.W10TAB
שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן
shomeron
“Samaria”
- Transliteration
- sho-me-RON
- Extended
- shoh-meh-ROHN
- IPA
- /ʃoːmˈroːn/
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
sho-me-RON
- phraseyour reading level
be-a-RE sho-me-RON
- clause
va-ya-VE ME-lekh-a-SHUR mi-ba-VEL u-mi-ku-TA u-me-a-VA u-me-kha-MAT u-se-far-va-YIM va-yo-SHEV be-a-RE sho-me-RON TA-khat be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-VE ME-lekh-a-SHUR mi-ba-VEL u-mi-ku-TA u-me-a-VA u-me-kha-MAT u-se-far-va-YIM va-yo-SHEV be-a-RE sho-me-RON TA-khat be-NE yis-ra-EL va-yir-SHU et-sho-me-RON va-ye-she-VU be-a-re-HA
Root and etymology
sh-m-rshin–mem–resh
“to keep, guard”
In context — 2 Kings 17:24
And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria as a substitute for the Israelites. Then they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:24:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 17:24, so the Hebrew word שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן (shomeron) 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.17.24.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.24.W10.S1) and character.