1 Kings 18:5:121 Kgs.18.5.W12TAB
חָצִ֗יר
khatsir
“grass”
- Transliteration
- kha-TSIR
- Extended
- khaa-TSEER
- IPA
- /ħaːˈtsiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- grass
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-TSIR
- phraseyour reading level
u-LAI nim-TSA kha-TSIR
- clause
u-LAI nim-TSA kha-TSIR u-ne-kha-YE SUS va-FE-red ve-LO na-khe-RIT me-ha-be-he-MA
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-khA-v el-o-va-de-YA-hu LEKH ba-A-rets el-kol-ma-ye-NE ha-ma-YIM ve-EL kol-ha-ne-kha-LIM u-LAI nim-TSA kha-TSIR u-ne-kha-YE SUS va-FE-red ve-LO na-khe-RIT me-ha-be-he-MA
Root and etymology
RootChet–Tsade–Resh
“grass, herbage”
In context — 1 Kings 18:5
And Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the streams. Perhaps we may find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to destroy any livestock .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 18:5, so the Hebrew word חָצִ֗יר (khatsir) 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.18.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.5.W12.S1) and character.