2 Chronicles 17:4:42 Chr.17.4.W4TAB
דָּרָ֔שׁ
darash
“he sought”
- Transliteration
- da-RASH
- Extended
- daa-RASH
- IPA
- /daːˈraːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he sought
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-RASH
- clause
KI le-lo-HE a-VIV da-RASH u-ve-mits-vo-TAV ha-LAKH
- sentence
KI le-lo-HE a-VIV da-RASH u-ve-mits-vo-TAV ha-LAKH ve-LO ke-ma-a-SE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The perfect verb darash {דָּרָשׁ | dā-rāš} ‘he sought’ indicates deliberate and completed action.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–resh–shin
“to seek”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:4
For he sought the God of his father and walked in His commandments, and not like the practice of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 17:4, so the Hebrew word דָּרָ֔שׁ (darash) 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.17.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.4.W4.S1) and character.