1 Kings 20:27:121 Kgs.20.27.W12TAB
עִזִּ֔ים
izim
“goats”
- Transliteration
- i-ZIM
- Extended
- ih-ZZEEM
- IPA
- /ʕizˈziːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- goats
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| 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
i-ZIM
- phraseyour reading level
kha-si-FEI i-ZIM
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL neg-DAM kish-NEI kha-si-FEI i-ZIM va-a-RAM mil-E-u et-ha-A-rets
- sentence
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hat-pe-kDE-u ve-khol-ke-LU va-ye-le-KHU lik-ra-TAM va-ya-kha-NU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL neg-DAM kish-NEI kha-si-FEI i-ZIM va-a-RAM mil-E-u et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The simile kishnei {כִּשְׁנֵי | kî-šə-nê} ‘like two’ + chasipei {חֲשִׁפֵי | ḥa-šî-pê} ‘flocks’ + izzim {עִזִּים | ʿiz-zîm} ‘goats’ conveys smallness and vulnerability.
Root and etymology
ע־ז
“goat”
In context — 1 Kings 20:27
And the sons of Israel were mustered and provisioned, and they marched to meet their adversaries; the sons of Israel camped opposite them like two small flocks of goats, while Aram filled the land .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:27:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 20:27, so the Hebrew word עִזִּ֔ים (izim) 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.20.27.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.27.W12.S1) and character.