1 Samuel 14:6:181 Sam.14.6.W18TAB
מַעְצ֔וֹר
maetsor
“restraint”
- Transliteration
- ma-e-TSOR
- Extended
- mah-eh-TSOHR
- IPA
- /maʕˈt͡soːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- restraint
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-e-TSOR
- clause
KI EN la-ye-ho-VAH ma-e-TSOR le-ho-shi-A be-RAV O vim-e-AT
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-na-TAN el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ve-RA el-mat-TSAV ha-a-re-LIM ha-E-le u-LAI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH LA-nu KI EN la-ye-ho-VAH ma-e-TSOR le-ho-shi-A be-RAV O vim-e-AT
Exegesis
Agency rests with Yəhōwāh in yaʿăśeh {יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה | yaʿăśeh} ‘He will act’ and the existential clause ʾên la-Yəhōwāh maʿṣôr {אֵ֤ain לַֽיהוָה֙ מַעְצ֔וֹר | ʾên la-Yəhōwāh maʿṣôr} ‘there is no restraint to the LORD’, emphasizing divine freedom.
Root and etymology
ʿ-ts-rayin–tsade–resh
“restraint, hindrance”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:6
And Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work for us, for no restraint can prevent Him from saving by many or by few.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:6:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 14:6, so the Hebrew word מַעְצ֔וֹר (maetsor) 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.14.6.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.6.W18.S1) and character.