2 Kings 18:8:62 Kgs.18.8.W6TAB
נוֹצְרִ֖ים
notserim
“of watchmen”
- Transliteration
- no-tsE-RIM
- Extended
- noh-tseh-REEM
- IPA
- /noːt͡səˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of watchmen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
no-tsE-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
mim-mig-DAL no-tsE-RIM
- clause
mim-mig-DAL no-tsE-RIM ad-IR miv-TSAR
- sentence
HU-HI-kA et-pe-lish-TIM ad-a-ZA ve-et-ge-vu-LE-ha mim-mig-DAL no-tsE-RIM ad-IR miv-TSAR
Exegesis
The paired phrases mi-migdal notzerim {מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל נוֹצְרִ֖ים | mi-miḡ-ḏal nō-ṣerîm} “from the watchtower of the sentries” and ad ir mibtsar {עַד־עִ֥יר מִבְצָֽר | ʿad ʿîr mib-ṣār} “as far as the fortified city” create a boundary parallelism that emphasizes the total conquest. English retains this with matching “from… to…” framing.
Root and etymology
n-ṣ-rnun–ṣade–resh
“to guard, watch over”
In context — 2 Kings 18:8
He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from the watchtower of the sentries as far as the fortified city .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 18:8, so the Hebrew word נוֹצְרִ֖ים (notserim) 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.18.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.8.W6.S1) and character.