Hosea 14:3:1Hos.14.3.W1TABWLC Hosea 14:4

אַשּׁוּר

ashur

Assyria

Transliteration
a-SHUR
Extended
ah-SHOOR
IPA
/ʔaˈʃuːr/

Meaning by language

English
Assyria

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Result
אַ + שּׁוּר
a + shur
ashur

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SHUR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHUR LO yo-shi-E-nu

  3. clause

    a-SHUR LO yo-shi-E-nu al-SUS LO nir-KAV ve-lo-NO-mar OD e-lo-HE-nu le-ma-A-se ya-DE-nu

  4. sentence

    a-SHUR LO yo-shi-E-nu al-SUS LO nir-KAV ve-lo-NO-mar OD e-lo-HE-nu le-ma-A-se ya-DE-nu a-SHER-be-KHA ye-ru-KHAM ya-TOM

Exegesis

First, the fronted subject ashur {אַשּׁוּר | ʾAššûr} is followed by lōʾ {לֹא | lōʾ} and the Hiphil verb yoshiʿenu {יוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נוּ | yôšîʿênû} ‘he will save us’, denying deliverance from an external empire.

Root and etymology

consonantsShin–Vav–Resh

to look, gaze

In contextHosea 14:3

Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will no longer say, “Our gods,” to the work of our hands, for in You the fatherless finds mercy.

About this coordinate

Hosea 14:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Hosea 14:3, so the Hebrew word אַשּׁוּר (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 Hos.14.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.3.W1.S1) and character.