2 Kings 17:24:152 Kgs.17.24.W15TAB
אֶת־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן
etshomeron
“Samaria”
- Transliteration
- et-sho-me-RON
- Extended
- eht-shoh-meh-ROHN
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʃoːmˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Samaria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-sho-me-RON
- clause
va-yir-SHU et-sho-me-RON va-ye-she-VU be-a-re-HA
- 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
Exegesis
The direct-object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks Shomron (‘Samaria’) as the object of vayirshu {וַיִּרְשׁוּ | wayyi{r}šū} ‘and they took possession’, emphasizing agency.
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 17:24:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 17:24, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן (etshomeron) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.24.W15.S1) and character.