2 Kings 17:9:152 Kgs.17.9.W15TAB
מִבְצָֽר׃
mivtsar
“fortified, stronghold”
- Transliteration
- miv-TSAR
- Extended
- mihv-TSAAR
- IPA
- /mivˈtsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- fortified, stronghold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miv-TSAR
- phraseyour reading level
ad-IR miv-TSAR
- clause
va-yiv-NU la-HEM ba-MOT be-khol-a-re-HEM mim-mig-DAL no-tse-RIM ad-IR miv-TSAR
- sentence
va-ye-kha-PE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL de-va-RIM a-SHER lo-KHEN al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-yiv-NU la-HEM ba-MOT be-khol-a-re-HEM mim-mig-DAL no-tse-RIM ad-IR miv-TSAR
Exegesis
The spatial series mimigdal notzerim ad-ir mivtzar {מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל נוֹצְרִים עַד־עִ֥יר מִבְצָֽר | mim-mig-ḏal nō-ṣer-îm ’ad ’îr miḇ-ṣār} ‘from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city’ underscores the extent of unauthorized worship sites across the land.
Root and etymology
b-ṣ-rbet–ṣade–resh
“fortress”
In context — 2 Kings 17:9
And the sons of Israel acted in secret and did things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchmen’s tower to the fortified city.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:9:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 17:9, so the Hebrew word מִבְצָֽר׃ (mivtsar) 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 Kgs.17.9.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.9.W15.S1) and character.