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
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-ye-le-KHU ha-ra-TSIM ba-ig-ge-ROT
- 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
- 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 context — 2 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.