2 Chronicles 34:21:22 Chr.34.21.W2TAB
דִרְשׁ֨וּ
dirshu
“inquire”
- Transliteration
- dir-SHU
- Extended
- dihr-SHOO
- IPA
- /dirˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- inquire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
dir-SHU
- phraseyour reading level
le-KHU dir-SHU et-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
le-KHU dir-SHU et-ye-ho-VAH ba-a-DI u-ve-AD han-nish-AR be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-hu-DA al-div-RE has-SE-fer a-SHER nim-TSa
- sentence
le-KHU dir-SHU et-ye-ho-VAH ba-a-DI u-ve-AD han-nish-AR be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-hu-DA al-div-RE has-SE-fer a-SHER nim-TSa ki-ge-do-LA kha-mat-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER nit-te-KHA VA-nu AL a-SHER lo-sha-me-RU a-vo-te-NU et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT ke-khol-hak-ka-TUV al-has-SE-fer haz-ZE
Exegesis
The verse begins with the paired imperatives lechu {לְכוּ | lĕḵû} ‘go’ and dirshu {דִרְשׁוּ | dîršû} ‘inquire’, establishing a royal commission.
Root and etymology
Rootd-r-sh
“to seek, inquire”
In context — 2 Chronicles 34:21
Go, inquire of the LORD on my behalf and on behalf of the remnant in Israel and Judah regarding the contents of the book that was discovered, for the LORD’s wrath is great and has been poured out on us, because our fathers did not guard the word of the LORD by doing everything written in this book.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 34:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 34:21, so the Hebrew word דִרְשׁ֨וּ (dirshu) 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.34.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.21.W2.S1) and character.