2 Samuel 18:24:142 Sam.18.24.W14TAB
רָ֥ץ
rats
“running”
- Transliteration
- RATS
- Extended
- RAATS
- IPA
- /ˈraːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- running
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
RATS
- phraseyour reading level
RATS le-vad-DO
- clause
va-yas-AF et-e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE-iSH RATS le-vad-DO
- sentence
ve-da-VID yo-SHEV ben-she-NEI ha-she-a-RIM va-ye-LEKH ha-tso-FE el-GAG ha-SHA-ar el-ha-kho-ma va-yas-AF et-e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE-iSH RATS le-vad-DO
Exegesis
Finally, vayar {וַיַּרְא | way-yā-rē} introduces his perception of ish ratz levado {אִישׁ רָץ לְבַדּוֹ | ʾîš rā-ṣ lə-vad-dō}, where ratz denotes continuous swift motion and levado indicates solitude. The English reconstructions preserve sequence and spatial relationships while clarifying Hebrew participial and directional structures.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–vav–tsade
“to run”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:24
And David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate above the wall. He saw a man running alone.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:24:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 18:24, so the Hebrew word רָ֥ץ (rats) 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.18.24.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.24.W14.S1) and character.