2 Chronicles 5:2:192 Chr.5.2.W19TAB
צִיּֽוֹן׃
tsiyon
“Zion”
- Transliteration
- tsi-YON
- Extended
- tsih-YOHN
- IPA
- /tsijˈjoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Zion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsi-YON
- phraseyour reading level
HI tsi-YON
- clause
le-ha-a-LOT et-a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH me-IR da-VID HI tsi-YON
- sentence
AZ yak-HEL she-lo-MO et-zik-NE yis-ra-EL ve-et-kol-ra-SHE ha-mat-TOT ne-si-E ha-a-VOT liv-NE yis-ra-EL el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im le-ha-a-LOT et-a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH me-IR da-VID HI tsi-YON
Exegesis
Finally, the copula hî {הִ֥יא | hî} links mê-ʿîr Dāwîḏ {מֵעִ֥יר דָּוִ֖יד | mê-ʿîr dāwîḏ} to ṣīyyôn {צִיּֽוֹן | ṣīyyôn}, identifying Zion as the city of David and moving the narrative from communal action to sacred place identification.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–yod–nun
“marker, monument”
In context — 2 Chronicles 5:2
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the ancestral fathers for the sons of Israel, to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the city of David—it is Zion .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 5:2:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Chronicles 5:2, so the Hebrew word צִיּֽוֹן׃ (tsiyon) 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.5.2.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.5.2.W19.S1) and character.