1 Kings 21:12:21 Kgs.21.12.W2TAB
צ֑וֹם
tsom
“a fast”
- Transliteration
- TSOM
- Extended
- TSOHM
- IPA
- /ˈtsoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a fast
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TSOM
- clause
ka-re-U TSOM
- sentence
ka-re-U TSOM ve-ho-shi-VU et-na-VOT be-ROSH ha-AM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with qaru {קָרְא֖וּ | qā-rə-’û} ‘they proclaimed’, a Qal perfect verb prefixed by the vav consecutive indicating sequential narrative action, taking tsom {צ֑וֹם | ṣôm} ‘fast’ as its object.
Root and etymology
צוםṣ–w–m
“to abstain, fast”
In context — 1 Kings 21:12
They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 21:12, so the Hebrew word צ֑וֹם (tsom) 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.21.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.12.W2.S1) and character.