2 Chronicles 2:16:32 Chr.2.16.W3TABWLC 2 Chronicles 2:15
עֵצִ֤ים
etsim
“trees or timber”
- Transliteration
- E-tsim
- Extended
- EE-tsihm
- IPA
- /ʕeːˈtsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- trees or timber
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
E-tsim
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-NAKH-nu nih-kh-ROT E-tsim min-ha-le-va-NON
- clause
va-a-NAKH-nu nih-kh-ROT E-tsim min-ha-le-va-NON ke-khol-tsar-KHE-ta u-ne-vi-EM le-KHA raf-so-DOT al-YAM
- sentence
va-a-NAKH-nu nih-kh-ROT E-tsim min-ha-le-va-NON ke-khol-tsar-KHE-ta u-ne-vi-EM le-KHA raf-so-DOT al-YAM ya-FO ve-a-TA ta-a-LE o-TAM ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The direct object etzim {עֵצִים | ʿê-ṣîm} ‘trees’ is specified by the source phrase min-halebanon {מִן־הַלְּבָנוֹן | mîn-hal·lə·bā·nōn} ‘from the Lebanon.’
In context — 2 Chronicles 2:16
And we will cut trees from Lebanon according to all your needs and bring them to you in rafts by sea to Joppa , and you shall transport them up to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 2:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 2:16, so the Hebrew word עֵצִ֤ים (etsim) 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.2.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.2.16.W3.S1) and character.