1 Chronicles 13:11:111 Chr.13.11.W11TAB
עֻזָּ֔א
uza
“Uzza”
- Transliteration
- u-ZA
- Extended
- uh-ZAA
- IPA
- /ʕuzˈzaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Uzza
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ZA
- phraseyour reading level
PE-rets u-ZA
- clause
va-yik-RA la-ma-KOM ha-HU PE-rets u-ZA AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-yikh-AR le-da-VID KI-fa-RATS Ye-ho-VAH PE-rets be-u-ZA va-yik-RA la-ma-KOM ha-HU PE-rets u-ZA AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The noun peretz {פֶּ֖רֶץ | pēreṣ} denotes both rupture and judgment, with the prepositional phrase bə-ʿUzzā {בְּעֻזָּ֑א | bə-ʿūzzā} specifying Uzzah as its focus.
Root and etymology
ʿ-z-zayin–zayin–zayin
“strength; might”
In context — 1 Chronicles 13:11
David became angry because the LORD had made a breach against Uzzah, so he named that place Perez Uzzah to this day.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 13:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Chronicles 13:11, so the Hebrew word עֻזָּ֔א (uza) 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 1 Chr.13.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.13.11.W11.S1) and character.