2 Chronicles 32:8:72 Chr.32.8.W7TAB
לְעָזְרֵ֔נוּ
leazerenu
“to help us”
- Transliteration
- le-a-ze-RE-nu
- Extended
- leh-aa-zeh-REE-noo
- IPA
- /ləʕoːzəˈreːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to help us
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-a-ze-RE-nu
- clause
i-MO ze-RO ba-SAR ve-i-MA-nu ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu le-a-ze-RE-nu u-le-hil-la-KHEM mil-kha-mo-TE-nu
- sentence
i-MO ze-RO ba-SAR ve-i-MA-nu ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu le-a-ze-RE-nu u-le-hil-la-KHEM mil-kha-mo-TE-nu va-yis-sa-me-KHU ha-AM al-div-RE ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The infinitive constructs leazreinu {לְעָזְרֵנוּ | lə-ʿāz-rê-nû} ‘to help us’ and ulehilachem milchamoteinu {וּלְהִלָּחֵם מִלְחֲמֹתֵינוּ | ū-lə-hil-lā-ḥêm mil-ḥa-mō-ṯê-nû} ‘and to fight our battles’ express divine purpose.
Root and etymology
RootAyin–Zayin–Resh
“help, support”
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:8
What he has is only an arm of flesh, but we have the LORD our God to help us and to wage our battles. And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah the king of Judah .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 32:8, so the Hebrew word לְעָזְרֵ֔נוּ (leazerenu) 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.32.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.8.W7.S1) and character.