2 Chronicles 13:4:52 Chr.13.4.W5TAB
צְמָרַ֔יִם
tsemarayim
“Zemaraim”
- Transliteration
- tse-ma-RA-yim
- Extended
- tseh-mah-RAA-yihm
- IPA
- /tsə.maːˈraː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Zemaraim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tse-ma-RA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
le-HAR tse-ma-RA-yim
- clause
va-ya-KAM a-vi-YA me-AL le-HAR tse-ma-RA-yim a-SHER be-HAR e-fe-RA-yim
- sentence
va-ya-KAM a-vi-YA me-AL le-HAR tse-ma-RA-yim a-SHER be-HAR e-fe-RA-yim va-yo-MER she-ma-U-ni ya-ra-ve-AM ve-khol-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The locative phrase me‘al le-har {מֵעַל לְהַר | mē·ʿāl le·hār} ‘on the mountain’ is specified by the proper noun Tsemarayim {צְמָרַיִם | ṣə·mārā·yim}, identifying the geographic setting.
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:4
And Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim , in the hill country of Ephraim , and said, “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 13:4, so the Hebrew word צְמָרַ֔יִם (tsemarayim) 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 2 Chr.13.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.4.W5.S1) and character.