1 Samuel 13:6:141 Sam.13.6.W14TAB
וּבַצְּרִחִ֖ים
uvatstserikhim
“and in the clefts”
- Transliteration
- u-vats-tse-ri-KHIM
- Extended
- oo-vahts-tseh-rih-KHEEM
- IPA
- /uːvats.tsəriˈħiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in the clefts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
u-vats-tse-ri-KHIM
- clause
va-yit-khav-be-U ha-AM bam-me-a-ROT u-va-kha-va-KHIM u-vas-se-la-IM u-vats-tse-ri-KHIM u-vab-bo-ROT
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL ra-U KI tsar-LO KI nig-GASH ha-AM va-yit-khav-be-U ha-AM bam-me-a-ROT u-va-kha-va-KHIM u-vas-se-la-IM u-vats-tse-ri-KHIM u-vab-bo-ROT
Root and etymology
צ־ר
“narrow; distress”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in distress and that the people were hard pressed, the people hid themselves in the caves and in the thickets, and in the rocks, and in the crevices, and in the pits .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:6:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 13:6, so the Hebrew word וּבַצְּרִחִ֖ים (uvatstserikhim) 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 Sam.13.6.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.6.W14.S1) and character.