2 Kings 17:5:22 Kgs.17.5.W2TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר
melekhashur
“the king of Assyria”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛχ.ʔaʃˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the king of Assyria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-al ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- clause
va-YA-al ME-lekh-a-SHUR be-KHOL-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-YA-al ME-lekh-a-SHUR be-KHOL-ha-A-rets va-YA-al shom-re-VON va-YA-tsar a-LE-ha sha-LOSH sha-NIM
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to reign, to rule”
In context — 2 Kings 17:5
And the king of Assyria advanced throughout the land , and he went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:5, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר (melekhashur) 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.17.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.5.W2.S1) and character.