2 Chronicles 30:10:22 Chr.30.10.W2TAB
הָרָצִ֜ים
haratsim
“the runners”
- Transliteration
- ha-ra-TSIM
- Extended
- haa-rah-TSIHM
- IPA
- /haː.raˈtsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the runners
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-ra-TSIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU ha-ra-TSIM
- clause
va-yih-YU ha-ra-TSIM o-ve-RIM me-IR la-IR be-E-rets-e-fe-ra-YIM u-me-na-SHE ve-ad-ze-vu-LUN
- sentence
va-yih-YU ha-ra-TSIM o-ve-RIM me-IR la-IR be-E-rets-e-fe-ra-YIM u-me-na-SHE ve-ad-ze-vu-LUN va-yih-YU ma-se-khi-KIM a-le-HEM u-mal-i-GIM BAM
Exegesis
The participles haratsim {הָרָצִ֜ים | hā-rā-ṣîm} ‘messengers’ and ovrim {עֹבְרִ֨ים | ʿô-ḇə-rîm} ‘passing over’ depict official couriers in motion, framed by the idiomatic phrase mê‘îr lā‘îr {מֵעִ֧יר לָעִ֛יר | mê-ʿîr lā-ʿîr} ‘from city to city’.
Root and etymology
r-ṣṛaṣ
“to run”
In context — 2 Chronicles 30:10
And the messengers were passing from city to city in the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh and as far as Zebulun, but the people were mocking them and ridiculing them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 30:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 30:10, so the Hebrew word הָרָצִ֜ים (haratsim) 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.30.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.30.10.W2.S1) and character.