Genesis 25:18:8Gen.25.18.W8PAT

אַשּׁ֑וּרָה

ashshura

Assyria

Transliteration
ash-shu-RA
Extended
ahsh-shoo-RAA
IPA
/ʔaʃ.ʃuː.ˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
Assyria
French
l'Assyrie
Spanish
Asiria
Portuguese
Assíria
German
Assyrien
Russian
Ассирии
Arabic-Simplified
أَشُّورَ
Hindi
अश्शूर
Chinese-Simplified
亚述
Korean
앗수르
Indonesian
Asyur
Bengali
অশূরের
Tagalog
Asiria
Swahili
Ashuru
Amharic
አሦር
Yoruba
Asiria
Igbo
Asiria
Twi
Asiria
Ewe
Asiria

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Result
אַש + שּׁ֑וּ + רָה
ash + shu + ra
ashshura

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
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ash-shu-RA

  2. clause

    va-yish-ke-NU me-kha-vi-LA ad-SHUR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim bo-a-KHA ash-shu-RA

  3. sentence

    va-yish-ke-NU me-kha-vi-LA ad-SHUR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim bo-a-KHA ash-shu-RA al-pe-NEI khol-e-KHAV na-FAL

In contextGenesis 25:18

they settled from Havilah as far as Shur which opposite Egypt toward Assyria before all his brothers he settled

About this coordinate

Genesis 25:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 25:18, so the Hebrew word אַשּׁ֑וּרָה (ashshura) 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 Gen.25.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.18.W8.S1) and character.