2 Chronicles 18:6:82 Chr.18.6.W8TAB
וְנִדְרְשָׁ֖ה
venidresha
“and we may seek or inquire”
- Transliteration
- ve-nid-re-SHA
- Extended
- veh-nihd-reh-SHAA
- IPA
- /vənid.rəˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we may seek or inquire
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-nid-re-SHA
- clause
ve-nid-re-SHA me-o-TO
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-EN PO na-VI la-ye-ho-VAH OD ve-nid-re-SHA me-o-TO
Exegesis
Venidroshah {וְנִדְרְשָׁ֖ה | wə-nidrəššāh}, a Niphal cohortative first person plural, expresses the king’s intent to seek guidance, and is completed by me’ohto {מֵאֹתֽוֹ | mê-ʾōṯô} ‘from him’, defining the source. In English, the cohortative becomes a purpose clause (“whom we may inquire of” / “whom we can ask”) to preserve the Hebrew sense of initiative.
Root and etymology
ד־ר־ש
“to seek out”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:6
But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here besides whom we may inquire of?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 18:6, so the Hebrew word וְנִדְרְשָׁ֖ה (venidresha) 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.18.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.6.W8.S1) and character.