Numbers 24:22:6Num.24.22.W6TAB
אַשּׁ֥וּר
ashur
“Asshur”
- Transliteration
- a-SHUR
- Extended
- ah-SHOOR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Asshur
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
a-SHUR tish-BEKHA
- clause
AD-mah a-SHUR tish-BEKHA
- sentence
KI IM-ye-HYEH le-va-ER KA-yin AD-mah a-SHUR tish-BEKHA
Exegesis
The interrogative phrase ad-mah {עַד־מָה | ʿăḏ-māh} ‘until how long’ introduces a rhetorical temporal question leading to the Qal imperfect tishbekha {תִּשְׁבֶּֽךָּ | tišbēḵā} ‘carries you away captive’, where Asshur {אַשּׁוּר | ʾăš-šūr} ‘Assyria’ serves as the implied agent. The progression from vivid burning imagery to forced exile underscores the inevitability of the predicted deportation and heightens dramatic tension within Balaam’s prophecy.
Root and etymology
aleph–shin–reshʾ-š-r
“Assyria”
In context — Numbers 24:22
Nevertheless the Kenite will be burned up , until Assyria carries you away captive.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 24:22, so the Hebrew word אַשּׁ֥וּר (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 Num.24.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.22.W6.S1) and character.