Proverbs 15:24:6Prov.15.24.W6TAB
ס֝֗וּר
sur
“to turn away”
- Transliteration
- SUR
- Extended
- SOOR
- IPA
- /ˈsuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to turn away
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SUR
- phraseyour reading level
le-MA-an SUR
- clause
le-MA-an SUR mi-she-OL MA-ta
- sentence
O-rakh kha-YIM le-ma-LA le-mas-KIL le-MA-an SUR mi-she-OL MA-ta
Exegesis
The purpose clause le-maʿan sûr {לְמַעַן סוּר | lə-maʿan sûr} ‘in order that he may turn aside’ connects to the spatial phrase mi-šôʾōl maṭṭāh {מִשְּׁא֥וֹל מָֽטָּה | mî-šô-ʾōl maṭ-ṭāh} ‘from Sheol downward’, creating a vertical contrast between ascent and descent that the translation preserves through syntactic order and imagery.
In context — Proverbs 15:24
The path of life leads upward for the discerning , in order that he may turn aside from Sheol below.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 15:24, so the Hebrew word ס֝֗וּר (sur) 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 Prov.15.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.24.W6.S1) and character.