assyrian

«assyrian» in Mova's school dictionary: to do with ancient Assyria, a powerful empire in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Assyrian); noun (an Assyrian, Assyrians; Assyrian — the language)

meaning for a pupil

1) (history) Assyrian means to do with ancient Assyria, a powerful empire in Mesopotamia (today mostly northern Iraq), with cities like Nineveh and Assur, strongest about 900–600 BC. tree →

2) An Assyrian is a person of ancient Assyria. tree →

3) Assyrians today are a people of the Middle East and around the world, mostly Christians, who speak Neo-Aramaic (also called Assyrian or Syriac). tree →

4) (Bible) In the Bible the Assyrians conquered the northern Kingdom of Israel, and Jonah was sent to preach in their city Nineveh. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in history (Mesopotamia, cuneiform writing, winged bull statues, King Ashurbanipal's library), Bible lessons (Jonah and Nineveh, Isaiah), and in learning about Middle Eastern peoples today.

examples

• The Assyrian king lived in a palace at Nineveh. tree →
• The British Museum has huge Assyrian stone carvings. tree →
• Assyrian soldiers had iron weapons and chariots. tree →
• In the Bible, Jonah was sent to the great Assyrian city of Nineveh. tree →
• Assyrian scribes wrote in cuneiform on clay tablets. tree →
• My neighbour's family are Assyrians from Iraq. tree →
• Many Assyrian Christians celebrate Easter with special bread. tree →

note

Written with a capital A. Do not confuse with «Syrian» (from modern Syria), though the names may be related. BC dates count backwards: 700 BC is earlier than 600 BC.

In the corpora

• The Assyrians built a strong, feared empire with great palaces at Nineveh decorated with stone pictures of lion hunts.
• And Oholah played the harlot when she was Mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians, warriors,
• Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
• He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «assyrian» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.