Deuteronomy 21:20:6Deut.21.20.W6TAB
סוֹרֵ֣ר
soreir
“is stubborn”
- Transliteration
- so-REIR
- Extended
- soh-REHR
- IPA
- /soːˈreːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- is stubborn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
so-REIR
- phraseyour reading level
so-REIR u-mo-RE
- clause
ve-am-RU el-zik-NEI ir-O be-NE-nu ZE so-REIR u-mo-RE ei-NE-nu sho-ME-a be-ko-LE-nu
- sentence
ve-am-RU el-zik-NEI ir-O be-NE-nu ZE so-REIR u-mo-RE ei-NE-nu sho-ME-a be-ko-LE-nu zo-LEL ve-so-VE
Exegesis
Coordinated participles sorer umoreh {סוֹרֵר וּמֹרֶה | sû-rêr wə-môrê} describe habitual defiance.
Root and etymology
ס־ר־ר
“to turn aside, revolt”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:20
And they shall say to the elders of his city, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He does not obey our voice . He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 21:20, so the Hebrew word סוֹרֵ֣ר (soreir) 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 Deut.21.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.20.W6.S1) and character.