2 Kings 18:13:122 Kgs.18.13.W12TAB
הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת
habetsurot
“the fortified {ones}”
- Transliteration
- ha-be-tsu-ROT
- Extended
- hah-beh-tsuh-ROHT
- IPA
- /hab.bətsuˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the fortified {ones}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-be-tsu-ROT
- sentence
u-ve-AR-ba e-se-RE sha-NA la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA a-LA san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-shur AL KAL-a-RE ye-hu-DA ha-be-tsu-ROT va-yit-pe-SEM
Exegesis
The prepositional accusative al-kol-arei yehudah ha-betzurot {עַל־כָּל־עָרֵי יְהוּדָה הַבְּצֻרוֹת | ʿal-kol-ā-rē yə-hū-dāh ha-bə-ṣū-rōt} specifies the target as all fortified cities of Judah.
Root and etymology
ב־צ־ר
“to fortify, make inaccessible”
In context — 2 Kings 18:13
And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria went up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 18:13, so the Hebrew word הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת (habetsurot) 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.18.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.13.W12.S1) and character.