2 Kings 18:14:152 Kgs.18.14.W15TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֜וּר
melekhashur
“the king of Assyria”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-ah-SHOOR
- 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-ya-SEM ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- clause
va-ya-SEM ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT kik-KAR-KE-sef u-she-lo-SHIM kik-KAR za-HAV
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-ME-lekh-a-SHUR la-khi-SHA le-MOR kha-TA-ti SHUV me-a-LAI ET a-sher-ti-TEN a-LAI e-SA va-ya-SEM ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT kik-KAR-KE-sef u-she-lo-SHIM kik-KAR za-HAV
Exegesis
The prepositional compound el-melech-ashur {אֶל־מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר | ʾel-meleḵ-ʾaššûr} marks the indirect object.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 18:14
And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have sinned. Withdraw from me, and whatever you impose upon me I will bear.” Then the king of Assyria imposed on Hezekiah, king of Judah, three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 18:14, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֜וּר (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.18.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.14.W15.S1) and character.