1 Samuel 20:6:91 Sam.20.6.W9TAB
לָרוּ֥ץ
laruts
“to run”
- Transliteration
- la-RUTS
- Extended
- laa-ROOTS
- IPA
- /laːˈruːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- to run
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-RUTS
- phraseyour reading level
la-RUTS be-VET-le-khem
- clause
IM-pa-KOD yif-ke-DE-ni a-VI-kha ve-a-MAR-ta nish-OL nish-AL mim-ME-ni da-VID la-RUTS be-VET-le-khem i-RO
- sentence
IM-pa-KOD yif-ke-DE-ni a-VI-kha ve-a-MAR-ta nish-OL nish-AL mim-ME-ni da-VID la-RUTS be-VET-le-khem i-RO KI ZE-vakh ha-ya-MIM SHAM le-KHOL-ha-mish-pa-KHA
Exegesis
The perfect hish’alti {הִשְׁאַלְתִּי | his-she-’al-tî} expresses the completed request action with the infinitive larutz {לָרוּץ | lā-rûṣ} signaling purpose.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–vav–tsade
“to run”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:6
If your father misses me at all, then say, “David earnestly asked leave from me to run to Bethlehem, his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for the whole clan.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 20:6, so the Hebrew word לָרוּ֥ץ (laruts) 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 Sam.20.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.6.W9.S1) and character.