Ezekiel 16:28:3Ezek.16.28.W3TAB
אַשּׁ֔וּר
ashur
“Asshur or Assyria”
- Transliteration
- a-shur
- Extended
- ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /ʔaʃˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Asshur or 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
el-be-NE a-shur
- clause
va-tiz-NI el-be-NE a-shur mi-bil-TI sa-ve-a-TEKH
- sentence
va-tiz-NI el-be-NE a-shur mi-bil-TI sa-ve-a-TEKH va-tiz-NIM ve-GAM LO sa-VA-at
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-bnei Ashur {אֶל־בְּנֵי אַשּׁוּר | ʾel-bə-nê ʾaš-šūr} marks the illicit partner.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin–resh
“Assyria (empire)”
In context — Ezekiel 16:28
And you played the harlot with the sons of Assyria, because you were not satisfied ; you even engaged in further harlotries, yet you could not be satisfied.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 16:28, so the Hebrew word אַשּׁ֔וּר (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 Ezek.16.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.28.W3.S1) and character.