Numbers 16:26:4Num.16.26.W4TAB
סּ֣וּרוּ
suru
“turn away”
- Transliteration
- SU-ru
- Extended
- SOO-roo
- IPA
- /ˈsuːruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- turn away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
SU-ru
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER el-ha-e-DAH le-MOR SU-ru NA me-AL o-ha-LEI ha-a-na-SHIM ha-re-sha-EEM ha-e-LEH ve-AL-TIG-u be-KHOL-a-sher la-HEM pen-ti-SA-fu be-KHOL-kha-to-TAM
Exegesis
The imperative suru na {ס֣וּרוּ נָ֡א | sûrû nā} ‘turn aside please’ combines command and entreaty for urgent appeal.
Root and etymology
RootSamekh, Vav, Resh
“to turn aside”
In context — Numbers 16:26
And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Turn aside now from the tents of these wicked ones , and do not touch anything that belongs to them, lest you be swept away because of all their sins.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 16:26, so the Hebrew word סּ֣וּרוּ (suru) 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 Num.16.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.26.W4.S1) and character.