2 Samuel 15:1:112 Sam.15.1.W11TAB
רָצִ֥ים
ratsim
“running”
- Transliteration
- ra-TSIM
- Extended
- raa-TSEEM
- IPA
- /raːˈtsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- running
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| 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
ra-TSIM
- phraseyour reading level
ra-TSIM le-fa-NAV
- clause
va-kha-mi-SHIM ISH ra-TSIM le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI me-a-kha-RE KEN va-ya-AS LO av-sha-LOM mer-ka-VA ve-su-SIM va-kha-mi-SHIM ISH ra-TSIM le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The coordinated phrase wa-ḥă-mî-šîm īš rā-ṣîm lə-pā-nāw {וַחֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ רָצִים לְפָנָיו | wa-ḥă-mî-šîm īš rā-ṣîm lə-pā-nāw} ‘and fifty men runners before him’ combines cardinal number + collective noun + participle noun + prepositional phrase, emphasizing the spectacle of royal display.
Root and etymology
Rootr-ṣ-h
“to run swiftly”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:1
And it came to pass after this , that Absalom made for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men running before him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 15:1, so the Hebrew word רָצִ֥ים (ratsim) 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.15.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.1.W11.S1) and character.