1 Kings 16:17:71 Kgs.16.17.W7TAB
עַל־תִּרְצָֽה׃
altirtsa
“against Tirzah”
- Transliteration
- al-tir-TSa
- Extended
- ahl-tihr-TSAH
- IPA
- /ʕal.tirˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Tirzah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
al-tir-TSa
- clause
va-ya-TSU-ru al-tir-TSa
- sentence
va-ya-A-le om-RI ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL i-MO mi-gib-be-TON va-ya-TSU-ru al-tir-TSa
Exegesis
The verse concludes with al-tirtzah {עַל־תִּרְצָה | ʿal-ṯirṣāh} ‘against Tirzah’, structuring the military movement from individual ascent to group action.
In context — 1 Kings 16:17
Then Omri and all Israel with him advanced from Gibbethon and encircled Tirzah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 16:17, so the Hebrew word עַל־תִּרְצָֽה׃ (altirtsa) 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.16.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.17.W7.S1) and character.