2 Kings 19:36:42 Kgs.19.36.W4TAB
סַנְחֵרִ֣יב
sankheriv
“Sennacherib”
- Transliteration
- san-khe-RIV
- Extended
- sahn-kheh-REEV
- IPA
- /sanħeːˈriːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sennacherib
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
san-khe-RIV
- phraseyour reading level
san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- clause
va-yis-SA va-ye-LEKH va-ya-SHAV san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- sentence
va-yis-SA va-ye-LEKH va-ya-SHAV san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-SHUR va-ye-SHEV be-ni-n-VE
Exegesis
The proper name sancheriv {סַנְחֵרִ֣יב | san-ḥē-riv} appears in apposition to melekh-ashur {מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֑וּר | me-lekh-ah-shur} ‘king of Assyria’, a construct chain that conveys royal titulature.
In context — 2 Kings 19:36
Then Sennacherib, king of Assyria, set out , went, and returned, and he dwelt in Nineveh.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:36:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 19:36, so the Hebrew word סַנְחֵרִ֣יב (sankheriv) 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.19.36.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.36.W4.S1) and character.