2 Chronicles 20:33:32 Chr.20.33.W3TAB
לֹא־סָ֑רוּ
losaru
“were not removed”
- Transliteration
- lo-SA-ru
- Extended
- loh-SAA-roo
- IPA
- /loː.saːˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were not removed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-SA-ru
- clause
AKH ha-ba-MOT lo-SA-ru
- sentence
AKH ha-ba-MOT lo-SA-ru ve-OD ha-AM lo-he-KHI-nu le-va-VAM le-lo-HI a-vo-TE-hem
Exegesis
The qal perfect verb lo-saru {לֹא־סָרוּ | lō-sārû} ‘did not remove’ describes a completed failure despite expectation.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh–vav–resh
“to turn aside”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:33
However, the high places were not removed, and the people still had not prepared their heart for the God of their fathers.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 20:33, so the Hebrew word לֹא־סָ֑רוּ (losaru) 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.20.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.33.W3.S1) and character.