Deuteronomy 23:6:1Deut.23.6.W1TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:7
לֹא־תִדְרֹ֥שׁ
lotidrosh
“You shall not seek”
- Transliteration
- lo-tid-ROSH
- Extended
- LOH-tih-drohsh
- IPA
- /loː.tidˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- You shall not seek
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-tid-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
lo-tid-ROSH she-lo-MAM
- clause
lo-tid-ROSH she-lo-MAM ve-to-va-TAM
- sentence
lo-tid-ROSH she-lo-MAM ve-to-va-TAM kol-ya-ME-kha le-o-LAM
Exegesis
The sentence opens with lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ immediately before tidrosh {תִדְרֹשׁ | tīdrōš} ‘you shall seek’, forming a prohibitive command.
Root and etymology
ד־ר־ש
“to seek, demand”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:6
You must not work for their peace or for their prosperity throughout all your days—forever.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 23:6, so the Hebrew word לֹא־תִדְרֹ֥שׁ (lotidrosh) 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.23.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.6.W1.S1) and character.