2 Kings 19:24:52 Kgs.19.24.W5TAB
זָרִ֑ים
zarim
“foreign”
- Transliteration
- za-RIM
- Extended
- zaa-RIHM
- IPA
- /zaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- foreign
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
za-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
MA-yim za-RIM
- clause
a-NI KAR-ti ve-sha-TI-ti MA-yim za-RIM
- sentence
a-NI KAR-ti ve-sha-TI-ti MA-yim za-RIM ve-akh-RIV be-khaf-pe-a-MAI KOL ye-o-RE ma-TSOR
Exegesis
The noun phrase mayim zarim {מַיִם זָרִים | ma-yîm zā-rîm} ‘foreign waters’ functions as direct object.
In context — 2 Kings 19:24
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters, and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers of Egypt.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 19:24, so the Hebrew word זָרִ֑ים (zarim) 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.19.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.24.W5.S1) and character.