2 Kings 19:36:52 Kgs.19.36.W5TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֑וּר
melekhashur
“king of Assyria”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx.ʔaʃˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Assyria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- 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.
Root and etymology
m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf
“royal authority”
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 19:36:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 19:36, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֑וּר (melekhashur) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.36.W5.S1) and character.