2 Kings 17:29:112 Kgs.17.29.W11TAB
הַשֹּׁ֣מְרֹנִ֔ים
hashomeronim
“the Samaritans”
- Transliteration
- ha-sho-me-ro-NIM
- Extended
- hah-shoh-meh-roh-NEEM
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃoːm.roːˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Samaritans
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-sho-me-ro-NIM
- clause
va-ya-NI-khu be-VET ha-ba-MOT a-SHER a-SU ha-sho-me-ro-NIM GOY GOY be-a-re-HEM A-sher HEM yo-she-VIM SHAM
- sentence
va-yih-YU O-sim GOY GOY e-lo-HAV va-ya-NI-khu be-VET ha-ba-MOT a-SHER a-SU ha-sho-me-ro-NIM GOY GOY be-a-re-HEM A-sher HEM yo-she-VIM SHAM
Root and etymology
sh-m-rshin–mem–resh
“to keep, guard”
In context — 2 Kings 17:29
And each nation made its own gods and set them in the shrines that the Samaritans had built in the cities where they lived.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:29:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 17:29, so the Hebrew word הַשֹּׁ֣מְרֹנִ֔ים (hashomeronim) 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.17.29.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.29.W11.S1) and character.