2 Kings 18:6:32 Kgs.18.6.W3TAB
לֹא־סָ֖ר
losar
“he did not turn away”
- Transliteration
- lo-SAR
- Extended
- loh-SAAR
- IPA
- /loːˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-SAR
- clause
va-yid-BAK ba-ye-ho-VAH lo-SAR me-a-kha-RAIV
- sentence
va-yid-BAK ba-ye-ho-VAH lo-SAR me-a-kha-RAIV va-yish-MOR mits-vo-TAIV a-sher-tsi-VA ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHE
Exegesis
The negative clause lo sar meacharav {לֹא־סָר מֵאַֽחֲרָיו | lo sar me-a-ḥa-rav} ‘did not turn aside from after Him’ emphasizes unbroken obedience using perfect and preposition me plus suffix.
In context — 2 Kings 18:6
And he clung to the LORD ; he did not turn aside from following Him, and he kept His commandments which the LORD commanded Moses .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 18:6, so the Hebrew word לֹא־סָ֖ר (losar) 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.18.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.6.W3.S1) and character.