2 Chronicles 20:32:52 Chr.20.32.W5TAB
וְלֹא־סָ֣ר
velosahr
“and he did not turn aside”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-SAHR
- Extended
- veh-LOH-saahr
- IPA
- /vəlɔːˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he did not turn aside
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ve-LO-SAHR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-SAHR mi-ME-NA
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh a-VIV a-SA ve-LO-SAHR mi-ME-NA
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh a-VIV a-SA ve-LO-SAHR mi-ME-NA la-a-SOT ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The negative wə·lō·śār {וְלֹא־סָ֣ר | wə·lō·śār} ‘and did not turn aside’ underscores steadfastness, with mimmennah {מִמֶּ֑נָּה | mi·mê·nî·yā} ‘from it’ linking back to the established pattern.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh–vav–resh
“to turn aside”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:32
He walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn aside from it to do what is right in the eyes of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 20:32, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־סָ֣ר (velosahr) 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.20.32.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.32.W5.S1) and character.