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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - סַנְחֵרִיב

סַנְחֵרִיב

H5576

Transliteration: Çanchêrîyb

Pronunciation: san-khay-reeb'

Definition: Sennacherib


Original: סנחריב

Transliteration: sanchêrı̂yb

Phonetic: san-khay-reeb'

BDB Definition:

Sennacherib = "Sin multiplied brothers" (Sin = the moon)
  1. son of Sargon, father of Esarhaddon, and king of Assyria from 705-681 BC; attacked Judah during the reign of king Hezekiah and Judah was delivered when in response to the prayer of Hezekiah an angel smote 185,000 Assyrian soldiers

Origin: of foreign origin

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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