2 Kings 18:11:42 Kgs.18.11.W4TAB
אַשּׁ֑וּרָה
ashura
“to Assyria”
- Transliteration
- a-SHU-ra
- Extended
- ah-SHUU-rah
- IPA
- /ʔaʃˈʃuːraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Assyria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHU-ra
- 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 directional suffix in Ashurah {אַשּׁוּרָה | Ashurah} indicates movement into Assyria.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ר
“imperial power”
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 18:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 18:11, so the Hebrew word אַשּׁ֑וּרָה (ashura) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.11.W4.S1) and character.