2 Kings 18:7:82 Kgs.18.7.W8TAB
בְּמֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר
bemelekhashur
“against the king of Assyria”
- Transliteration
- be-ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- Extended
- beh-MEH-lehkh-ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /bəˈmɛlɛx.ʔaʃˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the king of Assyria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yim-ROD be-ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- clause
va-yim-ROD be-ME-lekh-a-SHUR ve-LO a-va-DO
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ye-ho-VAH i-MO be-KHOL a-SHER-ye-TSE yas-KIL va-yim-ROD be-ME-lekh-a-SHUR ve-LO a-va-DO
Exegesis
The narrative then shifts with the vav-consecutive vayimrod {וַיִּמְרֹ֥ד | way-yimrōḏ} ‘and he rebelled’ plus the construct phrase bemelech-ashur {בְּמֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר | bəmeleḵ-ʾaššûr} ‘against the king of Assyria,’ marking political defiance.
Root and etymology
Rootm-l-k
“to reign”
In context — 2 Kings 18:7
And the LORD was with him; in all that he went out he prospered . And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 18:7, so the Hebrew word בְּמֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר (bemelekhashur) 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.18.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.7.W8.S1) and character.