2 Chronicles 17:19:82 Chr.17.19.W8TAB

הַמִּבְצָ֖ר

hammivtsar

the fortress or fortified place

Transliteration
ham-miv-TSAR
Extended
hahm-mihv-TSAAR
IPA
/ham.mivˈtsaːr/

Meaning by language

English
the fortress or fortified place

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַמ + מִּבְ + צָ֖ר
ham + miv + tsar
hammivtsar

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ham-miv-TSAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-a-REI ham-miv-TSAR

  3. clause

    mil-le-VAD a-sher-NA-tan ham-ME-lekh be-a-REI ham-miv-TSAR be-khol-ye-hu-DA

  4. sentence

    E-leh ham-sha-re-TIM et-ham-ME-lekh mil-le-VAD a-sher-NA-tan ham-ME-lekh be-a-REI ham-miv-TSAR be-khol-ye-hu-DA

Exegesis

The locative phrase bearei hammivtzar {בְּעָרֵי הַמִּבְצָר | bə-ʿā-rê ham-miv-ṣār} ‘in the fortress cities’ specifies the setting, and bekhol yehudah {בְּכָל־יְהוּדָה | bə-ḵōl yə-hū-dāh} ‘throughout all Judah’ defines the geographical scope. English renders the Hebrew verbless clause with “These were,” supplying a finite verb to satisfy English syntax while preserving the participial nuance.

Root and etymology

b-ṣ-r

to fortify

In context2 Chronicles 17:19

These were the royal attendants , apart from those whom the king had stationed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 17:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 17:19, so the Hebrew word הַמִּבְצָ֖ר (hammivtsar) 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.17.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.19.W8.S1) and character.