1 Chronicles 21:30:51 Chr.21.30.W5TAB
לִדְרֹ֣שׁ
liderosh
“to seek or inquire”
- Transliteration
- li-de-ROSH
- Extended
- lih-deh-ROHSH
- IPA
- /lidrɔːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to seek or inquire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
li-de-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
li-de-ROSH e-lo-HIM
- clause
ve-LO-YA-khol da-VID la-LE-khet le-fa-NAV li-de-ROSH e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ve-LO-YA-khol da-VID la-LE-khet le-fa-NAV li-de-ROSH e-lo-HIM KI niv-AT mip-ne KHE-rev mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The coordinated infinitives lalekhet {לָלֶ֥כֶת | lā·le·ḵeṯ} ‘to go’ and lidrosh {לִדְרֹשׁ | li·də·rôš} ‘to seek,’ together with the prepositional infinitive lefanav {לְפָנָיו | lə·p̄ə·nāw} ‘before him,’ form a purpose clause.
Root and etymology
d-r-šdalet–resh–shin
“to seek”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:30
But David was not able to go before it to inquire of God , because he was terrified by the sword of the angel of the LORD .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 21:30, so the Hebrew word לִדְרֹ֣שׁ (liderosh) 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.21.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.30.W5.S1) and character.