2 Kings 18:9:142 Kgs.18.9.W14TAB
שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֧סֶר
shalmaneser
“Shalmaneser”
- Transliteration
- shal-ma-ne-SER
- Extended
- shahl-mah-neh-SER
- IPA
- /ʃal.man.ʔɛˈsɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shalmaneser
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shal-ma-ne-SER
- phraseyour reading level
shal-ma-ne-SER ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- clause
a-LA shal-ma-ne-SER ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-sho-me-RON va-ya-TSAR a-LE-ha
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-re-vi-IT la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu HI ha-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL a-LA shal-ma-ne-SER ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-sho-me-RON va-ya-TSAR a-LE-ha
In context — 2 Kings 18:9
And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, went up against Samaria and besieged it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 18:9, so the Hebrew word שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֧סֶר (shalmaneser) 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.18.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.9.W14.S1) and character.