2 Chronicles 19:3:112 Chr.19.3.W11TAB
לִדְרֹ֥שׁ
lidrosh
“to seek”
- Transliteration
- lid-ROSH
- Extended
- lihd-ROHSH
- IPA
- /lidˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to seek
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 | |
| 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 ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
ki-vi-AR-ta ha-a-she-ROT min-ha-A-rets va-ha-khi-NO-ta le-vav-KHA lid-ROSH ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
a-VAL de-va-RIM to-VIM nim-tse-U im-MAKH ki-vi-AR-ta ha-a-she-ROT min-ha-A-rets va-ha-khi-NO-ta le-vav-KHA lid-ROSH ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The vav consecutive in vahachinota {וַהֲכִינ֥וֹתָ | wa-hă-kī-nō-ṯā} links the subsequent volitional act, and the infinitive lidrosh {לִדְרֹשׁ | li-ḏrôš} ‘to seek’ denotes purpose toward ha-Elohim {הָאֱלֹהִים | hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm}.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–resh–shin
“seek, inquire”
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:3
Yet good things have been found in you: you have removed the Asherah poles from the land, and you have set your heart to seek God .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 19:3, so the Hebrew word לִדְרֹ֥שׁ (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.19.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.3.W11.S1) and character.