1 Chronicles 18:5:41 Chr.18.5.W4TAB
לַעְז֕וֹר
laezor
“to help”
- Transliteration
- la-e-ZOR
- Extended
- lah-eh-ZOHR
- IPA
- /laʕ.ˈzoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to help
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
la-e-ZOR
- clause
va-ya-BO a-RAM dar-me-SEK la-e-ZOR la-ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh tso-VA
- sentence
va-ya-BO a-RAM dar-me-SEK la-e-ZOR la-ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh tso-VA va-YAKH da-VID ba-a-RAM e-se-rim-u-she-NA-yim E-lef ISH
Exegesis
The infinitive clause lăʿăzôr {לַעֲזוֹר | lăʿăzôr} ‘to help’ conveys purpose toward lăhaḏḏaʿdezer {לַהֲדַדְעֶזֶר | lăhaḏḏaʿdezer} ‘Hadadezer’, identified by the title mêleḵ ṣōḇāh {מֶלֶךְ צוֹבָה | mêleḵ ṣōḇāh} ‘king of Zobah’.
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:5
And the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah , and David struck down twenty-two thousand men in Aram.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 18:5, so the Hebrew word לַעְז֕וֹר (laezor) 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.18.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.5.W4.S1) and character.