2 Kings 18:9:162 Kgs.18.9.W16TAB
עַל־שֹׁמְר֖וֹן
alshomeron
“against Samaria”
- Transliteration
- al-sho-me-RON
- Extended
- ahl-shoh-meh-ROHN
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃɔm.rɔˈʔoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Samaria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-sho-me-RON
- 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
Exegesis
The verb alah {עָלָ֞ה | ‘ālā} ‘went up’ signals a military campaign, while vayatzar {וַיָּ֥צַר | wayyaṣṣēr} ‘and he besieged’ describes the siege laid against Samaria {עַל־שֹׁמְר֖וֹן | ‘al-šōmrôn}. Vav-consecutive structures maintain narrative flow, and the placement of “went up” and “besieged” underscores the movement and military action.
Root and etymology
š-m-r
“to guard”
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 18:9:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 18:9, so the Hebrew word עַל־שֹׁמְר֖וֹן (alshomeron) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.9.W16.S1) and character.