2 Kings 15:4:32 Kgs.15.4.W3TAB
לֹא־סָ֑רוּ
losaru
“were not removed”
- Transliteration
- lo-SA-ru
- Extended
- loh-SAA-roo
- IPA
- /loː.saːˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were not removed
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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
lo-SA-ru
- clause
RAK ha-ba-MOT lo-SA-ru
- sentence
RAK ha-ba-MOT lo-SA-ru OD ha-AM me-zab-KHIM u-me-kat-TE-rim ba-ba-MOT
Exegesis
The subject ha-bamot {הַבָּמוֹת | habbāmôṯ} ‘the high places’ precedes the negated perfect lo-saru {לֹא־סָרוּ | lō-sārû} ‘did not turn aside / were not removed,’ a straightforward subject–predicate order that foregrounds the enduring presence of these sites.
Root and etymology
s-w-rsamekh–vav–resh
“to turn aside, depart”
In context — 2 Kings 15:4
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people still were sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 15:4, so the Hebrew word לֹא־סָ֑רוּ (losaru) 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.15.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.4.W3.S1) and character.