2 Kings 15:18:62 Kgs.15.18.W6TAB
סָ֠ר
sar
“he turned aside”
- Transliteration
- SAR
- Extended
- SAAR
- IPA
- /ˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he turned aside
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
SAR
- phraseyour reading level
LO SAR
- clause
LO SAR me-AL kha-to-OT ya-ra-ve-AM ben-ne-VAT a-sher-he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL kol-ya-MAV
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH LO SAR me-AL kha-to-OT ya-ra-ve-AM ben-ne-VAT a-sher-he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL kol-ya-MAV
Exegesis
The negated perfect lo sar {לֹ֣א סָ֠ר | lōʾ sār} ‘he did not turn aside’ expresses persistent refusal, and the prepositional phrase me-al {מֵעַ֨ל | mē-ʿal} ‘from upon’ portrays departing as moving off an established course.
Root and etymology
s-w-rsamekh–vav–resh
“to turn aside, depart”
In context — 2 Kings 15:18
And he did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD and he did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, all his days .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 15:18, so the Hebrew word סָ֠ר (sar) 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 Kgs.15.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.18.W6.S1) and character.