שלמנאסר

Hebrew

Etymology

From Akkadian Salmānu-ašarēd (“Shulmanu is foremost”). Cognate with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܫܠܡܢܥܣܪ (šalmāniˁsar) and Classical Syriac ܫܠܡܢܥܣܪ (šalmanaʿsar).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃal.man.ˈ(ʔ)eseʁ/
• (Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃæl.mænˈ(ʔ)eser/

Proper noun

שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר • (šalman'eser) m

1. (biblical), (historical) Shalmaneser, the name of multiple Assyrian Kings
   • Tanach, 2 Kings 17:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     עָלָ֣יו עָלָ֔ה שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֖סֶר מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר וַֽיְהִי־ל֤וֹ הוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ עֶ֔בֶד וַיָּ֥שֶׁב ל֖וֹ מִנְחָֽה

     'alav 'ala Šalman'eser melech 'Ašur va'yehi lo Hoše'a' eved va'yashev lo mincha.

     King Shalmaneser marched against him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.

2. a male given name from Akkadian, equivalent to English Shalmaneser

References

H8022 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible