2 Chronicles 25:20:102 Chr.25.20.W10TAB
דָֽרְשׁ֔וּ
dareshu
“they had sought”
- Transliteration
- da-re-SHU
- Extended
- daa-reh-SHOO
- IPA
- /daːrəˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they had sought
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-re-SHU
- phraseyour reading level
KI da-re-SHU
- clause
KI da-re-SHU ET e-lo-HE e-DOM
- sentence
ve-LO-SHA-MA a-mats-ya-HU KI me-ha-e-lo-HIM HI le-MA-an ti-TAM be-YAD KI da-re-SHU ET e-lo-HE e-DOM
Exegesis
A second ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ introduces the moral cause: darshu {דָרְשׁוּ | dar-šu} ‘they sought’ the elohei {אֱלֹהֵי | ʾĕ-lō-hê} ‘gods of’ Edom. This sequence—refusal, divine causation, result, and moral explanation—mirrors Hebrew narrative sequencing to underscore the link between idolatry and judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootd-r-š
“to seek, inquire”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:20
But Amaziah did not listen, for it was from God in order to deliver them into the hand , because they had sought the gods of Edom.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 25:20, so the Hebrew word דָֽרְשׁ֔וּ (dareshu) 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.25.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.20.W10.S1) and character.