Proverbs 16:6:7Prov.16.6.W7TAB
ס֣וּר
sur
“turning-aside or turning-away”
- Transliteration
- SUR
- Extended
- SOOR
- IPA
- /ˈsuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- turning-aside or turning-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
SUR me-RA
- clause
u-ve-yir-AT Ye-ho-VAH SUR me-RA
- sentence
be-KHE-sed ve-e-MET ye-khu-PAR A-von u-ve-yir-AT Ye-ho-VAH SUR me-RA
Exegesis
The subsequent clause starts with uveyirat YHWH {וּבְיִרְאַת יְהוָה | u-və-yi-rat Yə-hō-wāh} ‘and by the fear of the LORD’, marking reverential motivation, followed by the infinitive sur {סוּר | sûr} ‘turning aside’ with the prepositional phrase mera {מֵרָע | mē-rāʿ} ‘from evil’, indicating habitual moral direction. The paratactic linkage is reflected in English by a semicolon dividing the resultant clauses.
In context — Proverbs 16:6
Through mercy and truth, iniquity is atoned for; and through the fear of the LORD , one turns away from evil .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 16:6, so the Hebrew word ס֣וּר (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.16.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.6.W7.S1) and character.