2 Chronicles 24:22:12 Chr.24.22.W1TAB
וְלֹא־זָכַ֞ר
velozakhar
“and not he remembered”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-za-KHAR
- Extended
- veh-LOH-zaa-KHAHR
- IPA
- /vəlɔː.zaˈχar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not he remembered
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-za-KHAR
- clause
ve-LO-za-KHAR yo-ASH ha-ME-lekh ha-KHE-sed a-SHER a-SA ye-ho-ya-DA a-VIV i-MO va-ya-ha-ROG et-be-NO
- sentence
ve-LO-za-KHAR yo-ASH ha-ME-lekh ha-KHE-sed a-SHER a-SA ye-ho-ya-DA a-VIV i-MO va-ya-ha-ROG et-be-NO u-khe-MO-to a-MAR ye-RE ye-ho-VAH ve-yid-ROSH
Exegesis
The verse begins with velo {וְלֹא | wə-lō} ‘and not’ negating the perfect zakhar {זָכַר | zā-khar} ‘he remembered,’ establishing a contrast between gratitude and betrayal.
Root and etymology
z-k-rzayin–kaf–resh
“to remember”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:22
But King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, the father of Zechariah, had done for him, but he killed his son. And as he was dying, he said, “May the LORD see and require it.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 24:22, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־זָכַ֞ר (velozakhar) 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.24.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.22.W1.S1) and character.