2 Chronicles 18:7:62 Chr.18.7.W6TAB
לִדְרוֹשׁ֩
lidrosh
“to inquire”
- Transliteration
- lid-ROSH
- Extended
- lihd-ROHSH
- IPA
- /lidˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to inquire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lid-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
lid-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH me-o-TO
- clause
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT OD ish-e-KHAD lid-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH me-o-TO va-a-NI se-ne-TI-hu ki-e-NE-nu mit-na-BE a-LAI le-to-VA KI khol-ya-MAV le-ra-A HU mi-kha-YE-hu ven-yim-LA
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT OD ish-e-KHAD lid-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH me-o-TO va-a-NI se-ne-TI-hu ki-e-NE-nu mit-na-BE a-LAI le-to-VA KI khol-ya-MAV le-ra-A HU mi-kha-YE-hu ven-yim-LA va-YO-mer ye-ho-sha-FAT al-YO-mar ham-ME-lekh KEN
Exegesis
The adverb od {עוֹד | ʿōd} signals continuation, and lidrosh et-yehovah meoto {לִדְרוֹשׁ אֶת־יְהוָה מֵאֹתוֹ | li-drōsh ʾet Yə-hō-wāh mē-ʾō-tō} forms an infinitive clause of seeking divine counsel.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:7
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There remains one man through whom we may inquire of the LORD , but I hate him, for he never prophesies good for me—only evil —Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king speak that way.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 18:7, so the Hebrew word לִדְרוֹשׁ֩ (lidrosh) 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.18.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.7.W6.S1) and character.