2 Kings 23:29:72 Kgs.23.29.W7TAB
אַשּׁ֖וּר
ashur
“Assyria”
- Transliteration
- a-SHUR
- Extended
- ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /ʔaʃˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Assyria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-SHUR
- phraseyour reading level
al-ME-lekh a-SHUR
- clause
be-ya-MAV a-LA par-E ne-KHO ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM al-ME-lekh a-SHUR al-ne-HAR-pe-RAT
- sentence
be-ya-MAV a-LA par-E ne-KHO ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM al-ME-lekh a-SHUR al-ne-HAR-pe-RAT va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu lik-ra-TO va-ye-mi-TE-hu bim-gid-DO kir-o-TO o-TO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-melekh-ashshur {עַל־מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר | ʿal-me-lekh-ʾaš-šūr} ‘against the king of Assyria’ marks the opponent, followed by al-nehar-perat {עַל־נְהַר־פְּרָת | ʿal-nə-ḥar-per-āṯ} ‘to the Euphrates River’, where the maqqef links the elements.
In context — 2 Kings 23:29
In his days Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, went up against the king of Assyria to the Euphrates River , and King Josiah went out to meet him , and Pharaoh Neco put him to death at Megiddo as soon as he saw him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 23:29, so the Hebrew word אַשּׁ֖וּר (ashur) 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.23.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.29.W7.S1) and character.