2 Chronicles 19:5:62 Chr.19.5.W6TAB
הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת
habbetsurot
“the fortified ones or the fortified”
- Transliteration
- hab-be-tsu-ROT
- Extended
- hahb-beh-tsuh-ROOT
- IPA
- /hab.bətsuˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the fortified ones or the fortified
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
hab-be-tsu-ROT
- sentence
va-ya-a-MED shof-TEIM ba-A-rets be-khol-a-REI ye-hu-DA hab-be-tsu-ROT le-IR va-IR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ba’aretz {בָּאָרֶץ | bā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘in the land’ establishes the broad territorial scope, while bekhol-arei Yehudah habetsurot {בְּכָל־עָרֵי יְהוּדָה הַבְּצֻרוֹת | bə-khol-ʿā-rē Yəhûḏāh ha-bəṣurōṯ} ‘in all the fortified cities of Judah’ narrows the focus to specific administrative centers.
Root and etymology
ב־צ־ר
“to fortify”
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:5
He appointed judges in the land in every fortified city of Judah , city by city .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 19:5, so the Hebrew word הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת (habbetsurot) 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.19.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.5.W6.S1) and character.