Deuteronomy 22:2:12Deut.22.2.W12TAB
עַד־דְּרֹשׁ
addrosh
“until seeks”
- Transliteration
- ad-DROSH
- Extended
- AHD-DROHSH
- IPA
- /ʕadˈdəroʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- until seeks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
ad-DROSH
- sentence
ve-IM-LO ka-ROV a-KHI-kha e-LEI-kha ve-LO ye-da-TO va-a-SAF-to el-TOKH bei-TE-kha ve-ha-YA im-KHA ad-DROSH a-KHI-kha o-TO va-ha-she-VO-to LO
Exegesis
The infinitive construct dərôš {דְּרֹשׁ | də-rôš} ‘seeking’ expresses the anticipated recovery action, and the final vav consecutive on va-haššêḇôṯô {וַהֲשֵׁבֹת֖וֹ | va-ha-ššê-ḇô-ṯô}, a Hifil perfect, mandates the restitution. This protasis–apodosis pattern exemplifies the precise legal syntax of Israelite casuistic law.
Root and etymology
ד־ר־ש
“to seek”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:2
And if your brother is not near you or you do not know him, then gather it into your house and it shall remain with you until your brother seeks it , and return it to him.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 22:2, so the Hebrew word עַד־דְּרֹשׁ (addrosh) 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.22.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.2.W12.S1) and character.