1 Kings 20:1:121 Kgs.20.1.W12TAB
וַיָּ֙צַר֙
vayatsar
“and he besieged”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-TSAR
- Extended
- vah-yah-TSAAR
- IPA
- /vajːaːˈtsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he besieged
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-TSAR
- clause
va-ya-AL va-ya-TSAR al-SHO-mer-ON va-yil-la-KHEM BAH
- sentence
u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM ka-VATS et-KAL-KHEI-lo u-she-lo-SHIM u-she-NA-yim ME-lekh i-TO ve-SUS va-ra-KHEV va-ya-AL va-ya-TSAR al-SHO-mer-ON va-yil-la-KHEM BAH
Exegesis
The sequence of vav-consecutive imperfect verbs—va-ya-al {וַיַּ֗עַל | va-yă-ʻăl} ‘he went up,’ va-yatzar {וַיָּ֙צַר֙ | va-yā-ṣar} ‘he besieged,’ and va-yilachem bāh {וַיִלָּ֖חֶם בָּֽהּ | va-yĭ-lā-ḥem bāh} ‘he fought in it’—creates a chronological progression of the military campaign.
Root and etymology
y-ṣ-r
“to encircle”
In context — 1 Kings 20:1
And Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his army and thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. Then he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 20:1, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֙צַר֙ (vayatsar) 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.20.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.1.W12.S1) and character.