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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
LO-SA-RU
- 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 context — 1 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.