2 Kings 19:6:182 Kgs.19.6.W18TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר
melekhashur
“the king of Assyria”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx.ʔaʃˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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
na-re ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- clause
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH al-ti-RA mip-ne had-de-va-RIM a-SHER sha-MA-ta a-SHER gid-de-FU na-re ME-lekh-a-SHUR o-TI
- sentence
va-yo-MER la-HEM ye-sha-ya-HU KO to-me-RUN el-a-do-ne-KHEM KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH al-ti-RA mip-ne had-de-va-RIM a-SHER sha-MA-ta a-SHER gid-de-FU na-re ME-lekh-a-SHUR o-TI
Exegesis
The construct phrase naarei melekh Ashur {נַעֲרֵי מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר | naʻărê mēlekh-ʼAššūr} ‘young men of the king of Assyria’ highlights their subordinate role.
Root and etymology
consonantsmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule”
In context — 2 Kings 19:6
And Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master: ‘Thus says the LORD , Do not fear the words that you have heard which the young men of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me .’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:6:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Kings 19:6, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר (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.19.6.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.6.W18.S1) and character.