2 Kings 15:24:62 Kgs.15.24.W6TAB
סָ֗ר
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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The word
Word in context
- word
SAR
- phraseyour reading level
LO SAR
- clause
LO SAR me-kha-ta-OT ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH LO SAR me-kha-ta-OT ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verb sār {סָ֗ר | sār} ‘he turned aside’ preserves the Hebrew idiom of persistent deviation.
Root and etymology
s-w-rsamekh–vav–resh
“to turn aside, depart”
In context — 2 Kings 15:24
And he did the evil in the eyes of the LORD ; he did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 15:24, so the Hebrew word סָ֗ר (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.15.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.24.W6.S1) and character.