2 Chronicles 28:22:22 Chr.28.22.W2TAB
הָצֵ֣ר
hatser
“the distress”
- Transliteration
- ha-TSER
- Extended
- haa-TSEHR
- IPA
- /haːˈtseːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the distress
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-TSER
- phraseyour reading level
ha-TSER LO
- clause
u-ve-ET ha-TSER LO va-yo-SEF lim-e-OL ba-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
u-ve-ET ha-TSER LO va-yo-SEF lim-e-OL ba-ye-ho-VAH HU ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal phrase uve’et {וּבְעֵת֙ | wə-ḇə-ʿêṯ} ‘and in the time’, followed by hatser {הָצֵ֣ר | hā-ṣer} ‘distress’ in construct with lo {לוֹ | lō} ‘to him’, specifying personal affliction.
Root and etymology
ts-rtsade–resh
“narrow, distress”
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:22
And in the time of his distress he increased his act of treachery against the LORD ; this was King Ahaz.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 28:22, so the Hebrew word הָצֵ֣ר (hatser) 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.28.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.22.W2.S1) and character.