2 Chronicles 26:21:42 Chr.26.21.W4TAB
מְצֹרָ֣ע
metsora
“a leper”
- Transliteration
- me-tso-RA
- Extended
- meh-tsoh-RAA
- IPA
- /mətsɔˈraːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a leper
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
me-tso-RA
- phraseyour reading level
me-tso-RA ad-YOM mo-TO
- clause
va-ye-HI u-zi-YA-hu ham-ME-lekh me-tso-RA ad-YOM mo-TO va-ye-SHEV BET ha-kha-fe-SHOT ha-khaf-SHIT me-tso-RA KI nig-ZAR mib-BET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI u-zi-YA-hu ham-ME-lekh me-tso-RA ad-YOM mo-TO va-ye-SHEV BET ha-kha-fe-SHOT ha-khaf-SHIT me-tso-RA KI nig-ZAR mib-BET ye-ho-VAH ve-yo-TAM be-NO al-BET ham-ME-lekh sho-FET et-AM ha-A-rets
Exegesis
Uziyahu {עֻזִּיָ֨הוּ | ʿu-zzi-yā-hu} serves as the subject, with the predicate participle metzora {מְצֹרָ֣ע | me-ṣō-ra‛} denoting his leprous condition.
Root and etymology
“to afflict with tsaraʿat”
In context — 2 Chronicles 26:21
And Uzziah the king remained afflicted with leprosy until the day he died; he lived in a separate house, leprous, for he was cut off from the house of the LORD . And Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 26:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 26:21, so the Hebrew word מְצֹרָ֣ע (metsora) 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.26.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.26.21.W4.S1) and character.