2 Kings 17:22:82 Kgs.17.22.W8TAB
לֹא־סָ֖רוּ
losaru
“they did not turn away”
- Transliteration
- lo-SA-ru
- Extended
- loh-SAA-roo
- IPA
- /loː.saːˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they did not turn away
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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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-SA-ru
- clause
lo-SA-ru mi-me-NA
- sentence
va-ye-le-KHU be-NE yis-ra-EL be-khol-kha-to-OT ya-rav-AM a-SHER a-SA lo-SA-ru mi-me-NA
Exegesis
The relative clause asher asah {אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה | ’ă-šer ‘ā-sāh} ‘that he did’ specifies Jeroboam’s actions as paradigmatic, while the negative Qal perfect lo-saru {לֹא־סָרוּ | lō’-sārû} ‘they did not turn aside’ with the pronominal suffix mimmenah {מִמֶּנָּה | mim-mē-nāh} ‘from them’ underscores Israel’s continuous adherence. English retains “walked in” to reflect the moral path metaphor and mirrors the emphatic negation of lo-saru in “did not turn aside.”
Root and etymology
s-w-r
“to turn aside, depart”
In context — 2 Kings 17:22
And the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam that he committed; they did not turn aside from them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 17:22, so the Hebrew word לֹא־סָ֖רוּ (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.17.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.22.W8.S1) and character.