2 Samuel 13:23:82 Sam.13.23.W8TAB
חָצ֖וֹר
khatsor
“Hazor”
- Transliteration
- kha-TSOR
- Extended
- khaa-TSOHR
- IPA
- /ħaːˈtsoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Hazor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-TSOR
- phraseyour reading level
be-VA-al kha-TSOR
- clause
va-ye-HI li-she-NA-ta-yim ya-MIM va-yih-YU go-ze-ZIM le-av-sha-LOM be-VA-al kha-TSOR a-SHER im-e-fra-YIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI li-she-NA-ta-yim ya-MIM va-yih-YU go-ze-ZIM le-av-sha-LOM be-VA-al kha-TSOR a-SHER im-e-fra-YIM va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM le-khol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The phrases ləʾavšālōm {לְאַבְשָׁל֔וֹם | ləʾavšālōm} ‘for Absalom’ and bəbaʿal ḥāṣōr {בְּבַ֥עַל חָצ֖וֹר | bəbaʿal ḥāṣōr} ‘at Baal Hazor’ set agent and location.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–vav–he
“to command, order”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:23
And it came to pass after two full years that there were shearers for Absalom at Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 13:23, so the Hebrew word חָצ֖וֹר (khatsor) 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 Sam.13.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.23.W8.S1) and character.