Ezekiel 23:9:6Ezek.23.9.W6TAB
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
be-NE a-SHUR
- clause
be-YAD be-NE a-SHUR a-SHER a-ge-VA a-le-HEM
- sentence
la-KHEN ne-tat-TI-ha be-YAD-me-a-ha-VE-ha be-YAD be-NE a-SHUR a-SHER a-ge-VA a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase beyad {בְּיַד | bə-yad} ‘into the hand of’ is repeated, first governing meahaveha {מְאַהֲבֶיהָ | mə-ʾa-ha-ḇe-hā} ‘her lovers’ and then benei Ashur {בְּנֵי אַשּׁוּר | bə-nê ʾaš-šûr} ‘the sons of Assyria’, forming a chiastic intensification of punishment.
In context — Ezekiel 23:9
Therefore, I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the sons of Assyria, after whom she lusted .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 23:9, 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.23.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.9.W6.S1) and character.