2 Samuel 20:7:102 Sam.20.7.W10TAB
לִרְדֹּ֕ף
lirdof
“to pursue”
- Transliteration
- lir-DOF
- Extended
- lihr-DOHF
- IPA
- /lirˈdɔf/
Meaning by language
- English
- to pursue
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lir-DOF
- clause
va-ye-tsU mi-ru-sha-LA-im lir-DOF a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bikh-RI
- sentence
va-ye-tsU a-kha-RAIV an-she yo-AV ve-hak-khe-re-TI ve-hap-pe-le-TI ve-khol-ha-gib-bo-RIM va-ye-tsU mi-ru-sha-LA-im lir-DOF a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bikh-RI
Exegesis
A shift to origin is marked by mi-Yerushalayim {מִירוּשָׁלִַם | mî-Yə-ru-šālayim} ‘from Jerusalem’, and the infinitive lirḏōp̄ {לִרְדֹּף | lirḏōp̄} ‘to pursue’ introduces the purpose clause.
Root and etymology
ר־ד־פ
“to pursue”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:7
Joab’s men, the Kerethites and the Pelethites, with all the mighty men , went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 20:7, so the Hebrew word לִרְדֹּ֕ף (lirdof) 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 Sam.20.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.7.W10.S1) and character.