Isaiah 20:1:9Isa.20.1.W9TAB

אַשּׁ֑וּר

ashur

Assyria

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

Meaning by language

English
Assyria

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Result
אַ + שּׁ֑וּר
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

    ME-lekh a-SHUR

  3. clause

    bish-NAT BO tar-TAN ash-do-DA bish-LO-akh o-TO sar-GON ME-lekh a-SHUR

  4. sentence

    bish-NAT BO tar-TAN ash-do-DA bish-LO-akh o-TO sar-GON ME-lekh a-SHUR va-yil-LA-khem be-ash-DOD va-yil-ke-DA

Exegesis

The appositional phrase Sargon melech Ashur {סַרְגּ֖וֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר | sār-gōn mē-lekh ’ăš-šûr} clarifies royal authority, which the English translation preserves by structure and sequence.

Root and etymology

שׁ־ר־ר

to establish

In contextIsaiah 20:1

In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod , when Sargon king of Assyria sent him, he fought against Ashdod and captured it.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 20:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 20:1, so the Hebrew word אַשּׁ֑וּר (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 Isa.20.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.20.1.W9.S1) and character.