2 Kings 18:13:82 Kgs.18.13.W8TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙
melekhashur
“king of Assyria”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-a-shur
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx.ʔaʃˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
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.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“to reign”
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 18:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 18:13, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ (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.18.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.13.W8.S1) and character.