Isaiah 20:4:3Isa.20.4.W3TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־אַ֠שּׁוּר
melekhashur
“king of Assyria”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-ah-SHUUR
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx.ʔaʃˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Assyria
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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
ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- phraseyour reading level
KEN yin-haG ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- clause
KEN yin-haG ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-she-VI mits-ra-YIM ve-et-ga-LUT KUSH ne-a-RIM u-ze-ke-NIM a-ROM ve-ya-KHEF
- sentence
KEN yin-haG ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-she-VI mits-ra-YIM ve-et-ga-LUT KUSH ne-a-RIM u-ze-ke-NIM a-ROM ve-ya-KHEF va-kha-su-FAI SHET e-re-VAT mits-ra-YIM
Root and etymology
m-l-k
“to reign”
In context — Isaiah 20:4
So the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young men and old men, naked and barefoot, and with bare buttocks, the nakedness of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 20:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 20:4, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־אַ֠שּׁוּר (melekhashur) 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.20.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.20.4.W3.S1) and character.