2 Kings 18:13:72 Kgs.18.13.W7TAB
סַנְחֵרִ֤יב
sankheriv
“Sennacherib”
- Transliteration
- san-khe-RIV
- Extended
- sahn-kheh-REEV
- IPA
- /san.ħeːˈriːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sennacherib
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
san-khe-RIV
- phraseyour reading level
san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-shur
- sentence
u-ve-AR-ba e-se-RE sha-NA la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA a-LA san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-shur AL KAL-a-RE ye-hu-DA ha-be-tsu-ROT va-yit-pe-SEM
Exegesis
The construct chain sancheriv melekh-ashur {סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר | san-ḥē-rīv me-lekh-ʾaš-šūr} identifies the invader by name and title.
In context — 2 Kings 18:13
And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria went up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 18:13, so the Hebrew word סַנְחֵרִ֤יב (sankheriv) 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.18.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.13.W7.S1) and character.