2 Kings 18:33:92 Kgs.18.33.W9TAB
אַשּֽׁוּר׃
ashur
“Assyria”
- Transliteration
- a-SHUR
- Extended
- ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /ʔaʃˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHUR
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh a-SHUR
- clause
mi-YAD ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
ha-hats-TSEL hi-tsi-LU e-lo-HE ha-go-YIM ISH et-AR-tso mi-YAD ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The phrase miyad melech Ashur {מִיַּד מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר | mi-yaḏ me-leḵ ʾaš-šūr} specifies Assyria as the oppressor. English preserves Hebrew word order to maintain the rhetorical taunt.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ר
“imperial power”
In context — 2 Kings 18:33
Did the gods of the nations deliver each one his land from the hand of the king of Assyria ?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:33:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 18:33, so the Hebrew word אַשּֽׁוּר׃ (ashur) 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.18.33.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.33.W9.S1) and character.