1 Chronicles 22:8:181 Chr.22.8.W18TAB
אַ֖רְצָה
artsa
“to the earth or groundward”
- Transliteration
- AR-tsa
- Extended
- AHR-tseh-ah
- IPA
- /ˈʔar.tsɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the earth or groundward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
AR-tsa
- phraseyour reading level
sha-FAKH-ta AR-tsa
- clause
lo-TIV-ne BA-yit lish-MI KI da-MIM ra-BIM sha-FAKH-ta AR-tsa le-fa-NAI
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-LAI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR DAM la-ROV sha-FAKH-ta u-mil-kha-MOT ge-do-LOT a-SI-ta lo-TIV-ne BA-yit lish-MI KI da-MIM ra-BIM sha-FAKH-ta AR-tsa le-fa-NAI
Exegesis
The closing art-directional ʾarṣāh {אַרְצָה | ʾarṣāh} ‘to the earth’ depicts blood being poured onto the ground, and lə-p̄ānāy {לְפָנָי | lə-p̄ānāy} ‘before Me’ frames the violence as occurring under divine scrutiny, supporting the logic that the builder of the temple must align with the holiness of YHWH’s presence.
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:8
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “You have shed blood in abundance, and you have done great wars. You shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed much blood on the earth before Me.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:8:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Chronicles 22:8, so the Hebrew word אַ֖רְצָה (artsa) 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.22.8.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.8.W18.S1) and character.