2 Chronicles 20:11:52 Chr.20.11.W5TAB
לְגָ֣רְשֵׁ֔נוּ
legareshenu
“to drive us out”
- Transliteration
- le-ga-re-SHE-nu
- Extended
- leh-gaa-reh-SHEH-noo
- IPA
- /ləɡaːrăˈʃeːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to drive us out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ga-re-SHE-nu
- clause
la-VO le-ga-re-SHE-nu mi-ye-ru-sha-TE-kha a-SHER ho-rash-TA-nu
- sentence
ve-hin-NE-HEM gom-le-HIM a-LE-nu la-VO le-ga-re-SHE-nu mi-ye-ru-sha-TE-kha a-SHER ho-rash-TA-nu
Exegesis
The infinitives lāḇōʼ {לָבוֹא֙ | lāḇōʼ} ‘to come’ and ləgāršênû {לְגָ֣רְשֵׁ֔נוּ | lə-gāršênû} ‘to drive us out’ constitute a hostile infinitive sequence expressing intent.
Root and etymology
g-r-š
“to drive out, expel”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:11
And behold, they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of Your inheritance , which You have caused us to inherit.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 20:11, so the Hebrew word לְגָ֣רְשֵׁ֔נוּ (legareshenu) 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.20.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.11.W5.S1) and character.