1 Kings 15:27:141 Kgs.15.27.W14TAB
צָרִ֖ים
tsarim
“besieging”
- Transliteration
- tsa-RIM
- Extended
- tsaa-REEM
- IPA
- /tsaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- besieging
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
tsa-RIM
- clause
ve-na-DAV ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL tsa-RIM al-gib-be-TON
- sentence
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV ba-e-SHA ben-a-khi-YA le-VET yis-sa-SKHAR va-yak-KE-hu ba-e-SHA be-gib-be-TON a-SHER lap-pe-lish-TIM ve-na-DAV ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL tsa-RIM al-gib-be-TON
Exegesis
Finally, the participle tsarim {צָרִ֖ים | ṣā-rîm} ‘were besieging’ with the conjoined subjects venadav {וְנָדָב֙ | wə-nā-ḏāv} and vekol-yisrael {וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | wə-kol-yi-sra-ʾēl} and the prepositional phrase al-gibton {עַֽל־גִּבְּתֽוֹן | ʿal-ḡib-tōn} ‘against Gibbethon’ provides the concurrent military action.
In context — 1 Kings 15:27
Baasha son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:27:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 15:27, so the Hebrew word צָרִ֖ים (tsarim) 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.15.27.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.27.W14.S1) and character.