1 Kings 14:10:111 Kgs.14.10.W11TAB

עָצ֥וּר

atsur

restrained

Transliteration
a-TSUR
Extended
aa-TSOOR
IPA
/ʕaːˈtsuːr/

Meaning by language

English
restrained

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עָ + צ֥וּר
a + tsur
atsur

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Tsadets as in cats
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-TSUR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-TSUR ve-a-ZUV

  3. clause

    la-KHEN hin-ne-NI me-VI ra-A el-BET ya-rav-AM ve-hikh-RAT-TI le-ya-rav-AM mash-te-IN be-KIR a-TSUR ve-a-ZUV be-yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    la-KHEN hin-ne-NI me-VI ra-A el-BET ya-rav-AM ve-hikh-RAT-TI le-ya-rav-AM mash-te-IN be-KIR a-TSUR ve-a-ZUV be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-AR-TI a-kha-RE vet-ya-rav-AM ka-a-SHER ye-va-ER ha-ga-LAL ad-tu-MO

Exegesis

The idiom mashtin be-kir {מַשְׁתִּין בְּקִיר | maš-tîn bə-qîr} “one who urinates against a wall” is a euphemism for adult males, followed by the passive participles atzur and azuv {עָצוּר וְעָז֖וּב | ʿā-ṣûr wə-ʿā-zûv} denoting the restrained and the left free.

In context1 Kings 14:10

Therefore, behold, I will bring disaster upon the house of Jeroboam, and I will cut off from Jeroboam every one who urinates against a wall —both the restrained and the left free—in Israel, and I will burn away what remains of the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is finished.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 14:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 14:10, so the Hebrew word עָצ֥וּר (atsur) 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 Kgs.14.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.10.W11.S1) and character.