2 Chronicles 13:20:12 Chr.13.20.W1TAB
וְלֹֽא־עָצַ֧ר
veloatsar
“and he did not restrain or hold back”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-A-tsar
- Extended
- veh-LOH-AH-tsahr
- IPA
- /wəloː.ʕaːˈtsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he did not restrain or hold back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-A-tsar
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-A-tsar KO-akh-ya-ra-VE-am
- clause
ve-LO-A-tsar KO-akh-ya-ra-VE-am OD bi-ME a-vi-YA-hu
- sentence
ve-LO-A-tsar KO-akh-ya-ra-VE-am OD bi-ME a-vi-YA-hu va-yig-GE-hu ye-ho-VAH va-YA-mot
Exegesis
The verse opens with a negated perfect, velo-atsar {וְלֹֽא־עָצַ֧ר | wə-lō-ʿāṣar} ‘and he did not recover’, stating Jeroboam’s continuing inability rather than a momentary setback.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Tsade–Resh
“to restrain, hold back”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:20
And Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him, and he died. ¶
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 13:20, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־עָצַ֧ר (veloatsar) 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 2 Chr.13.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.20.W1.S1) and character.