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
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-TSAR-LO
- clause
va-ya-SHAV ba-TSAR-LO al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- 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 context — 2 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.