2 Chronicles 15:4:22 Chr.15.4.W2TAB

בַּצַּר־ל֔וֹ

batsarlo

in the distress to him or for him

Transliteration
ba-TSAR-LO
Extended
bah-TSAR-LOH
IPA
/batsˈtsar.loː/

Meaning by language

English
in the distress to him or for him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בַּ + צַּר + ל֔וֹ
ba + tsar + lo
batsarlo

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-TSAR-LO

  2. clause

    va-ya-SHAV ba-TSAR-LO al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL

  3. sentence

    va-ya-SHAV ba-TSAR-LO al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL va-ye-vak-SHU-hu va-yim-ma-TSE la-HEM

Exegesis

The verb wayyashav {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyāšāḇ} ‘and he turned’ signals a responsive turning under pressure, intensified by the prepositional phrase batzar-lo {בַּצַּר־לוֹ | baṣṣar-lô} ‘in his distress’.

Root and etymology

צ־רts-r

distress

In context2 Chronicles 15:4

But in their distress they turned to the LORD , the God of Israel , and they sought Him, and He was found by them.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 15:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 15:4, so the Hebrew word בַּצַּר־ל֔וֹ (batsarlo) 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.15.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.4.W2.S1) and character.