2 Kings 20:6:72 Kgs.20.6.W7TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙
melekhashur
“the king of Assyria”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-a-shur
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx.ʔaʃːuːr/
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
u-mik-KAF ME-lekh-a-shur
- clause
ve-ho-saf-TI al-ya-ME-kha kha-MESH e-se-RE sha-NA u-mik-KAF ME-lekh-a-shur a-TSIL-kha ve-ET ha-IR ha-ZOT
- sentence
ve-ho-saf-TI al-ya-ME-kha kha-MESH e-se-RE sha-NA u-mik-KAF ME-lekh-a-shur a-TSIL-kha ve-ET ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-gan-NO-ti al-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-ma-a-NI u-le-MA-an da-VID av-DI
Exegesis
The idiom umikaf melek-ashur {וּמִכַּף מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר | ūmiqqapp melek-ʾaššûr} ‘from the hand of the king of Assyria’ uses min plus kaf to denote deliverance from oppressive power.
Root and etymology
“to reign; to rule”
In context — 2 Kings 20:6
I will increase your days by fifteen years, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will guard this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 20:6, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ (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.20.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.6.W7.S1) and character.