1 Chronicles 14:15:41 Chr.14.15.W4TAB
הַצְּעָדָה֙
hatseada
“the marching”
- Transliteration
- ha-tse-a-DA
- Extended
- hah-tseh-ah-DAA
- IPA
- /hats.ʕaːˈdɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the marching
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-tse-a-DA
- phraseyour reading level
et-KOL ha-tse-a-DA
- clause
vi-HI ke-sha-me-A-kha et-KOL ha-tse-a-DA be-ra-SHE ha-be-kha-IM AZ te-TSE va-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
vi-HI ke-sha-me-A-kha et-KOL ha-tse-a-DA be-ra-SHE ha-be-kha-IM AZ te-TSE va-mil-kha-MA ki-ya-TSA ha-e-lo-HIM le-fa-NE-kha le-ha-KOT et-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
Hatshe’adah {הַצְּעָדָה | ha-ṣəʿādāh} “sound of marching” is placed in construct with beroshei {בְּרָאשֵׁי | bə-rā-šeî} “in the tops of” and habeka’im {הַבְּכָאִ֔ים | ha-bə-ḵāʾîm} “balsam trees,” emphasizing the hidden nature of the auditory cue.
Root and etymology
ts-ʿ-dTsade–Ayin–Dalet
“step, march”
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:15
And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 14:15, so the Hebrew word הַצְּעָדָה֙ (hatseada) 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.14.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.15.W4.S1) and character.