1 Chronicles 16:11:11 Chr.16.11.W1TAB
דִּרְשׁ֤וּ
dirshu
“seek”
- Transliteration
- dir-SHU
- Extended
- dihr-SHOO
- IPA
- /dir.ˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- seek
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dir-SHU
- phraseyour reading level
dir-SHU Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
dir-SHU Ye-ho-VAH ve-u-ZO vak-ke-SHU fa-NAV ta-MID
Exegesis
The verse presents two parallel imperatives dirshu {דִּרְשׁ֤וּ | dir-shu} ‘seek’ and bakshu {בַּקְּשׁ֥וּ | bak-shu} ‘seek,’ joined by the vav conjunction.
Root and etymology
ד־ר־ש
“to seek, inquire”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:11
Seek the LORD and His strength ; continually seek His face.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 16:11, so the Hebrew word דִּרְשׁ֤וּ (dirshu) 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.16.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.11.W1.S1) and character.