Proverbs 27:22:7Prov.27.22.W7TAB
לֹא־תָס֥וּר
lotasur
“it will not depart”
- Transliteration
- lo-ta-SUR
- Extended
- loh-tah-SOOR
- IPA
- /loː.taˈsuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- it will not depart
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
lo-ta-SUR
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ta-SUR me-a-LAV
- clause
lo-ta-SUR me-a-LAV i-val-TO
- sentence
IM tik-to-SHET-ha-e-VIL bam-makh-TESH be-TOKH ha-ri-FOT ba-e-LI lo-ta-SUR me-a-LAV i-val-TO
Exegesis
The verb tikhtosh {תִּכְתּוֹשׁ | tiḵtôš} in the Qal imperfect second person, followed by the direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} and ha’evil {הָאֱוִיל | hāʾ ʾê-wîl} ‘the fool’, sets the scene.
The result clause, marked by lo {לֹא | lô} and the imperfect tasur {תָּסוּר | tāsûr} ‘will depart’, combined with me-alav {מֵעָלָיו | mê-ʿā-lāw} ‘from upon him’ and ivalto {אִוַּלְתּוֹ | ʾî-wāl-tô} ‘his folly’, underscores the intractable nature of folly. The parallel of violent action and immutable character defect conveys the proverb’s teaching.
Root and etymology
ס־ו־ר
“to turn aside, depart”
In context — Proverbs 27:22
Even if you crush the fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, his folly will not depart from him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 27:22, so the Hebrew word לֹא־תָס֥וּר (lotasur) 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.27.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.22.W7.S1) and character.