2 Samuel 18:26:42 Sam.18.26.W4TAB
רָץ֙
rats
“running”
- Transliteration
- RATS
- Extended
- RAATS
- IPA
- /ˈrɔːts/
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
- clause
va-YAR-e ha-tso-FE ISH-a-KHER RATS va-yik-RA ha-tso-FE el-ha-sho-ER va-yo-MER hi-NE-ISH RATS le-vad-DO va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-YAR-e ha-tso-FE ISH-a-KHER RATS va-yik-RA ha-tso-FE el-ha-sho-ER va-yo-MER hi-NE-ISH RATS le-vad-DO va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh gam-ZE me-va-SE
Exegesis
The repeated use of hatsofeh {הַצֹּפֶה | haṣ-ṣō-p̄eh} “the watchman” underscores ongoing surveillance, while ratz {רָץ | rāṣ} in participial form conveys continuous motion.
Root and etymology
r-w-ṣ
“to run swiftly”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:26
The watchman saw another man running, and he called to the gate and said, “Look! A man is running alone.” Then the king said, “This one too is bringing news.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 18:26, so the Hebrew word רָץ֙ (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.18.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.26.W4.S1) and character.