1 Kings 14:28:101 Kgs.14.28.W10TAB
הָרָצִֽים׃
haratsim
“the runners”
- Transliteration
- ha-ra-TSIM
- Extended
- haa-rah-TSEEM
- IPA
- /haːraˈtsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the runners
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ra-TSIM
- phraseyour reading level
el-TA ha-ra-TSIM
- clause
yis-SA-um ha-ra-TSIM ve-he-shi-VUM el-TA ha-ra-TSIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-DE-VO ha-ME-lekh BET ye-ho-VAH yis-SA-um ha-ra-TSIM ve-he-shi-VUM el-TA ha-ra-TSIM
Exegesis
The pair of imperfect verbs yissāʼûm {יִשָּׂאוּם֙ | yissāʼûm} ‘they would carry them’ and wəhēšîḇûm {וֶהֱשִׁיב֖וּם | wəhēšîḇûm} ‘and they would return them’, with the subject hārāṣîm {הָֽרָצִ֔ים | hārāṣîm} ‘runners’, reflects coordinated ritual duties.
Root and etymology
“run”
In context — 1 Kings 14:28
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD , the guards carried them and returned them to the guards’ chamber.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:28:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 14:28, so the Hebrew word הָרָצִֽים׃ (haratsim) 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.14.28.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.28.W10.S1) and character.