1 Kings 22:43:131 Kgs.22.43.W13TAB

לֹֽא־סָרוּ

losaru

were not taken away

Transliteration
LO-SA-RU
Extended
LOH-sah-ROO
IPA
/loːsaˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
were not taken away

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לֹֽא + סָ + רוּ
lo + sa + ru
losaru

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Samekhs as in sit
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO-SA-RU

  2. sentence

    AKH ha-ba-MOT LO-SA-RU OD ha-AM me-za-be-KHIM u-me-ka-TE-rim ba-ba-MOT

Exegesis

The adversative akh {אַךְ | ʾaḥ} marks a concessive turn: habamot lo-saru {הַבָּמוֹת לֹֽא־סָרוּ | ha-bā-mōṯ lōʾ-sārû} ‘the high places were not removed’.

In context1 Kings 22:43

He walked in all the ways of his father Asa and did not turn aside from them, doing what was right in the eyes of the LORD . However, the high places were not removed, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 22:43:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 22:43, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־סָרוּ (losaru) 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 Kgs.22.43.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.43.W13.S1) and character.