2 Chronicles 7:13:22 Chr.7.13.W2TAB

אֶֽעֱצֹ֤ר

eetsor

I shut up

Transliteration
e-e-TSOR
Extended
eh-eh-TSOHR
IPA
/ʔɛ.ʕɛˈtsoːr/

Meaning by language

English
I shut up

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶֽ + עֱ + צֹ֤ר
e + e + tsor
eetsor

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Tsadets as in cats
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-e-TSOR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HEN e-e-TSOR ha-sha-MA-yim

  3. clause

    HEN e-e-TSOR ha-sha-MA-yim ve-LO-YI-he-HE ma-TAR ve-HEN-a-tsa-VE al-KHA-gav le-e-KHOL ha-A-rets

  4. sentence

    HEN e-e-TSOR ha-sha-MA-yim ve-LO-YI-he-HE ma-TAR ve-HEN-a-tsa-VE al-KHA-gav le-e-KHOL ha-A-rets ve-im-a-shal-LAKH DE-ver be-a-MI

Exegesis

The first protasis pairs the Qal imperfect ʾeʿeṣōr {אֶעֱצֹר | ʾeʿeṣōr} ‘I restrain’ with the noun hashamayim {הַשָּׁמַיִם | haš-šā-māyim} ‘the heavens’, followed by the negative velo-yihyeh {וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה | wə-lō-yihyēh} ‘and there will not be’ governing the noun matar {מָטָר | māṭār} ‘rain’, expressing divine withholding.

Root and etymology

ʿ-ṣ-rAyin, Tsade, Resh

to restrain

In context2 Chronicles 7:13

If I restrain the heavens so that there is no rain , and if I command the locust to devour the land, and if I send a plague among My people.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 7:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 7:13, so the Hebrew word אֶֽעֱצֹ֤ר (eetsor) 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.7.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.7.13.W2.S1) and character.