2 Chronicles 6:5:72 Chr.6.5.W7TAB
לֹא־בָחַ֣רְתִּֽי
lovakharti
“I did not choose”
- Transliteration
- lo-va-KHAR-ti
- Extended
- loh-vah-KHAHR-tih
- IPA
- /loː.vaˈħar.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- I did not choose
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
lo-va-KHAR-ti
- phraseyour reading level
lo-va-KHAR-ti ve-IR
- clause
min-ha-YOM a-SHER ho-TSE-ti et-a-MI me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM lo-va-KHAR-ti ve-IR mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL liv-NOT BA-yit lih-YOT she-MI SHAM
- sentence
min-ha-YOM a-SHER ho-TSE-ti et-a-MI me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM lo-va-KHAR-ti ve-IR mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL liv-NOT BA-yit lih-YOT she-MI SHAM ve-lo-va-KHAR-ti ve-ISH lih-YOT na-GID al-a-MI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Two parallel wə-lō-ḇaḥartî {וְלֹא־בָחַרְתִּי | wə-lō-ḇa-ḥar-tî} clauses frame prohibitions governing the purpose infinitives livnôt {לִבְנוֹת | liv-nôt} “to build” and lihyôt {לִהְיוֹת | lih-yôt} “to be.”
Root and etymology
ב־ח־רb-ch-r
“to choose”
In context — 2 Chronicles 6:5
From the day I brought My people from the land of Egypt , I did not choose a city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house for My name to be there, nor did I choose a man to be ruler over My people Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 6:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 6:5, so the Hebrew word לֹא־בָחַ֣רְתִּֽי (lovakharti) 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.6.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.6.5.W7.S1) and character.