1 Samuel 14:45:171 Sam.14.45.W17TAB
אַ֔רְצָה
artsa
“to the ground”
- Transliteration
- AR-tsa
- Extended
- AHR-tsah
- IPA
- /ˈʔar.tsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the ground
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
AR-tsa
- clause
va-yo-MER ha-AM el-sha-UL ha-yo-na-TAN ya-MUT a-SHER a-SA ha-ye-shu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT be-yis-ra-EL kha-li-LA khai-ye-ho-VAH im-yip-POL mi-sa-a-RAT ro-SHO AR-tsa ki-im-e-lo-HIM a-SA ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-AM el-sha-UL ha-yo-na-TAN ya-MUT a-SHER a-SA ha-ye-shu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT be-yis-ra-EL kha-li-LA khai-ye-ho-VAH im-yip-POL mi-sa-a-RAT ro-SHO AR-tsa ki-im-e-lo-HIM a-SA ha-YOM ha-ZE va-yif-DU ha-AM et-yo-na-TAN ve-lo-MET
In context — 1 Samuel 14:45
But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Never! As the LORD lives, not even one hair of his head will drop to the ground, for today he acted with God .” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:45:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Samuel 14:45, so the Hebrew word אַ֔רְצָה (artsa) 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.14.45.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.45.W17.S1) and character.