Proverbs 7:15:4Prov.7.15.W4TAB
לְשַׁחֵ֥ר
leshakher
“to seek earnestly”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-KHER
- Extended
- leh-shah-KHEHR
- IPA
- /ləʃaˈħeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to seek earnestly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
le-sha-KHER
- phraseyour reading level
le-sha-KHER PA-ne-kha
- clause
le-sha-KHER PA-ne-kha va-em-tsa-A-kha
- sentence
al-KEN ya-tsa-TI lik-ra-TE-kha le-sha-KHER PA-ne-kha va-em-tsa-A-kha
Exegesis
This is followed by the infinitival purpose clause liqəra’tekha {לִקְרָאתֶךָ | li-qə-rā–ṯe–ḵā} ‘to meet you’, expressing intentional motion toward the addressee, and a second purpose clause ləšaḥēr {לְשַׁחֵר | lə-ša–ḥēr} ‘to seek diligently’ (Piel infinitive construct) intensifying that motion.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–chet–resh
“to seek early, dawn”
In context — Proverbs 7:15
So I came out to meet you, to seek your face, and I have found you.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 7:15, so the Hebrew word לְשַׁחֵ֥ר (leshakher) 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.7.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.15.W4.S1) and character.