2 Kings 19:30:52 Kgs.19.30.W5TAB
שֹׁ֣רֶשׁ
shoresh
“root”
- Transliteration
- SHO-resh
- Extended
- SHOH-rehsh
- IPA
- /ˈʃoːrɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- root
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Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHO-resh
- phraseyour reading level
SHO-resh le-ma-TA
- clause
ve-ya-se-FA pe-lei-TAT BEIT-ye-hu-DA ha-nish-a-RA SHO-resh le-ma-TA
- sentence
ve-ya-se-FA pe-lei-TAT BEIT-ye-hu-DA ha-nish-a-RA SHO-resh le-ma-TA ve-a-SA pe-RI le-ma-e-LA
Exegesis
The paired expressions shoresh lematah {שֹׁרֶשׁ לְמָטָּה | šō-rêš lə-ma-ṭṭā(h)} and peri lema’alah {פְרִי לְמָעְלָה | pə-rî lə-ma-‘ā-lā(h)} create a parallel directional structure, contrasting hidden foundation growth downward with visible blessing upward, thereby emphasizing both foundational resilience and manifest restoration.
Root and etymology
Rootš-r-š
“root, source”
In context — 2 Kings 19:30
And the remnant of the house of Judah that has escaped will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 19:30, so the Hebrew word שֹׁ֣רֶשׁ (shoresh) 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.19.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.30.W5.S1) and character.