1 Chronicles 21:13:41 Chr.21.13.W4TAB
צַר־לִ֣י
tsarli
“it is tight for me”
- Transliteration
- tsar-LI
- Extended
- tsahr-LEE
- IPA
- /tsarˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is tight for me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsar-LI
- phraseyour reading level
tsar-LI me-OD
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-GAD tsar-LI me-OD
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-GAD tsar-LI me-OD e-pe-LA-na ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH ki-ra-BIM ra-kha-MAV me-OD u-ve-yad-a-DAM al-e-POL
Exegesis
David’s first clause is a verbless predication: ṣar-lî məʾōḏ {צַר־לִי מְאֹד | ṣar-lî məʾōḏ} ‘distress (is) to me, very’, where the predicate is fronted and intensified by məʾōḏ to heighten urgency.
Root and etymology
consonantstsade–resh–resh
“to bind, constrain”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:13
And David said to Gad, “I am greatly distressed; please let me fall into the hand of the LORD , for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 21:13, so the Hebrew word צַר־לִ֣י (tsarli) 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.21.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.13.W4.S1) and character.