2 Kings 18:11:22 Kgs.18.11.W2TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֛וּר
melekhashur
“the king of Assyria”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-ah-SHUUR
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx.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-YE-gel ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- clause
va-YE-gel ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-yis-ra-EL a-SHU-ra
- sentence
va-YE-gel ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-yis-ra-EL a-SHU-ra va-yan-KHEM ba-KHLA-akh u-ve-kha-VOR ne-HAR go-ZAN ve-a-REI ma-DAI
Exegesis
The initial vav-consecutive imperfect vayyegelel {וַיֶּגֶל | vayyegelel} ‘and he exiled’ governs melek-’Ashur {מֶלֶךְ-אַשּׁוּר | melek-’Ashur} ‘the king of Assyria’ with et marking yisra’el {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yisra’el} ‘Israel’ as object.
Root and etymology
מ-ל-ך
“king, ruler”
In context — 2 Kings 18:11
And the king of Assyria exiled Israel to Assyria and settled them in Halah , and in Habor, the Gozan River, and in the cities of Media .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 18:11, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֛וּר (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.18.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.11.W2.S1) and character.