2 Kings 19:25:152 Kgs.19.25.W15TAB
בְּצֻרֽוֹת׃
betsurot
“fortified”
- Transliteration
- be-tsu-ROT
- Extended
- beh-tsuh-ROHT
- IPA
- /bətsuˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- fortified
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
be-tsu-ROT
- phraseyour reading level
a-RIM be-tsu-ROT
- clause
a-TA ha-ve-E-ti-HA u-te-HI la-he-SHOT ga-LIM ni-TSIM a-RIM be-tsu-ROT
- sentence
ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta le-me-ra-KHOK o-TAH a-SI-ti le-mi-ME KE-dem vi-TSAR-ti-HA a-TA ha-ve-E-ti-HA u-te-HI la-he-SHOT ga-LIM ni-TSIM a-RIM be-tsu-ROT
Exegesis
The infinitive lahashot {לַהְשׁוֹת | la·ha·šô·ṯ} ‘to devastate’ governs gallim nitsim arim betsurot {גַּלִּים נִצִּים עָרִים בְּצֻרוֹת} ‘heaps of desolation’ targeting ‘fortified cities’, preserving the Hebrew’s emphatic force.
In context — 2 Kings 19:25
Have you not heard that from days of old I made it? In ancient times I formed it. Now I have brought it to pass that it has come to devastate cities into mounds of ruins.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:25:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 19:25, so the Hebrew word בְּצֻרֽוֹת׃ (betsurot) 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.19.25.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.25.W15.S1) and character.