וְ/סָ֣ר
𐤅/𐤎𐤓
çûwr
and turning away
To turn aside, go away, depart, or remove from a place, person, way, or state—sometimes with the sense of avoiding, rejecting, or ceasing; also to remove someone or something, or to cause to turn aside or depart. The term is used both literally (physical movement or removal) and figuratively (withdrawal, removal from status or relationship, abandonment of conduct or commitment).
Job 2:3 · Word #19
Lexicon H5493
| Lemma | סוּר |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤎𐤅𐤓 |
| Transliteration | çûwr |
| Strong's | H5493 |
| Definition | To turn aside, go away, depart, or remove from a place, person, way, or state—sometimes with the sense of avoiding, rejecting, or ceasing; also to remove someone or something, or to cause to turn aside or depart. The term is used both literally (physical movement or removal) and figuratively (withdrawal, removal from status or relationship, abandonment of conduct or commitment). |
Morphology HC/Vqrmsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and turning away |
SIBI-P1 Translation H5493-55
and he turned aside
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Qal stem, sequential perfect (vav-consecutive), 3rd person masculine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal stem expresses the simple action of turning aside or departing. The sequential perfect 3ms form with prefixed ו conveys a past narrative action: "and he turned aside," preserving both root meaning and masculine singular morphology. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and turning away
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | 'And he turned aside' is too past-tense and narrative; the participle here is best rendered as 'and turning away' (continual habit) to match the Hebrew. |