2 Chronicles 20:3:52 Chr.20.3.W5TAB
לִדְר֣וֹשׁ
liderosh
“to seek”
- Transliteration
- li-de-ROSH
- Extended
- lih-deh-ROHSH
- IPA
- /lid.rɔːˈʃ/
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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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Word in context
- word
li-de-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
li-de-ROSH la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yi-RA va-yit-TEN ye-ho-sha-FAT et-pa-NAIV li-de-ROSH la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yi-RA va-yit-TEN ye-ho-sha-FAT et-pa-NAIV li-de-ROSH la-ye-ho-VAH va-yik-RA-TSOM al-KAL-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The construct panav + lidrosh {פָּנָ֖יו לִדְר֣וֹשׁ | pānāw + li·drōš} uses the noun ‘face’ in construct to signal resolute focus toward the infinitive ‘to seek’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:3
And Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he set his face to seek the LORD , and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 20:3, so the Hebrew word לִדְר֣וֹשׁ (liderosh) 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.20.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.3.W5.S1) and character.