2 Kings 22:2:112 Kgs.22.2.W11TAB
וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃
usemol
“and to the left”
- Transliteration
- u-se-MOL
- Extended
- oo-seh-MOHL
- IPA
- /uśməˈʔoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the left
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-se-MOL
- phraseyour reading level
ya-MIN u-se-MOL
- clause
va-ye-LEKH be-KHOL-DE-rekh da-VID a-VIV ve-LO-SAHR ya-MIN u-se-MOL
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-E-ne ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH be-KHOL-DE-rekh da-VID a-VIV ve-LO-SAHR ya-MIN u-se-MOL
Exegesis
The negated clause wĕlō’-sār yāmîn ū-śəmōl {וְלֹא־סָ֖ר יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול | wĕlō’-sār yāmîn ū-śəmōl} ‘he did not turn aside to the right or to the left’ employs directional antonyms to emphasize complete fidelity.
In context — 2 Kings 22:2
He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD , and he walked in the whole way of David his father; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 22:2, so the Hebrew word וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃ (usemol) 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.22.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.2.W11.S1) and character.