2 Chronicles 30:6:22 Chr.30.6.W2TAB

הָרָצִ֨ים

haratsim

the runners or couriers

Transliteration
ha-ra-TSIM
Extended
haa-rah-TSIHM
IPA
/haːraˈtsiːm/

Meaning by language

English
the runners or couriers

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + רָ + צִ֨ים
ha + ra + tsim
haratsim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ra-TSIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-le-KHU ha-ra-TSIM ba-ig-ge-ROT

  3. clause

    va-ye-le-KHU ha-ra-TSIM ba-ig-ge-ROT mi-YAD ha-ME-lekh ve-sa-RAV be-khol-yis-ra-EL vi-ye-hu-DA u-khe-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh le-MOR

  4. sentence

    va-ye-le-KHU ha-ra-TSIM ba-ig-ge-ROT mi-YAD ha-ME-lekh ve-sa-RAV be-khol-yis-ra-EL vi-ye-hu-DA u-khe-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh le-MOR be-NE yis-ra-EL SHU-vu el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE av-ra-HAM yits-KHAK ve-yis-ra-EL ve-ya-SHOV el-ha-pe-lei-TA ha-nish-E-ret la-KHEM mik-KAF mal-KHE a-SHUR

Exegesis

The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive form vayyelekhu {וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ | wayyēlekû} ‘and they went’, marking sequential action by haratzim {הָרָצִים֙ | hārāṣîm} ‘the couriers’.

Root and etymology

r-ṣṛaṣ

to run

In context2 Chronicles 30:6

And the couriers went with the letters from the hand of the king and his officers throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the command of the king, saying, “Sons of Israel, return to the LORD , the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel , and He will return to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.”

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 30:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 30:6, so the Hebrew word הָרָצִ֨ים (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.30.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.30.6.W2.S1) and character.