1 Chronicles 15:13:101 Chr.15.13.W10TAB
דְרַשְׁנֻ֖הוּ
derashnuhu
“we sought him”
- Transliteration
- de-rash-nu-HU
- Extended
- deh-rash-nuh-HOO
- IPA
- /dəraʃnuˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we sought him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
de-rash-nu-HU
- phraseyour reading level
KI-LO de-rash-nu-HU
- clause
pa-RATS ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu BA-nu KI-LO de-rash-nu-HU kham-mish-PAT
- sentence
KI le-mab-ba-ri-sho-NA LO a-TEM pa-RATS ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu BA-nu KI-LO de-rash-nu-HU kham-mish-PAT
Exegesis
In the second clause, the conjunction kî-lōʾ {כִּי־לֹא | kî-lōʾ} ‘for not’ introduces the reason for the breach: the failure to consult, expressed by də·rā·šnû·hû {דְרַשְׁנֻהוּ | də-rā-šnû-hû} ‘inquire of him’.
Root and etymology
d-r-šdalet–resh–shin
“to seek or inquire”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:13
For when you did not do it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, because we did not inquire of Him according to the ordinance .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Chronicles 15:13, so the Hebrew word דְרַשְׁנֻ֖הוּ (derashnuhu) 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 1 Chr.15.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.13.W10.S1) and character.