2 Samuel 19:7:182 Sam.19.7.W18TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:8
זֹ֛את
zot
“this”
- Transliteration
- ZOT
- Extended
- ZOHT
- IPA
- /ˈzoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ZOT
- clause
KI va-ye-ho-VAH nish-ba-AT-ti ki-EN-kha yo-TSE im-ya-LIN ISH it-TE-kha ha-LAI-la ve-ra-A le-KHA ZOT mi-kol-ha-ra-A a-sher-ba-A a-LE-kha min-ne-u-RE-kha ad-a-TA
- sentence
ve-a-TA KUM TSE ve-da-BER al-LEV a-va-DE-kha KI va-ye-ho-VAH nish-ba-AT-ti ki-EN-kha yo-TSE im-ya-LIN ISH it-TE-kha ha-LAI-la ve-ra-A le-KHA ZOT mi-kol-ha-ra-A a-sher-ba-A a-LE-kha min-ne-u-RE-kha ad-a-TA
Exegesis
The comparative ra‘ah le-kha zōt mi-kol-ha-ra‘ah {רָעָה לְךָ זֹאת מִכָּל־הָרָעָה | rā-‘āh lə-ḵā zōṯ mī-ḵōl-ha-rā-‘āh} ‘this will be worse for you than all the calamity’ employs the feminine noun ra‘ah and preposition mi-kol for intensification.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:7
And now, arise, go out, and speak to the heart of your servants, for by the LORD I have sworn. Surely if you do not go out, no man will stay with you tonight; and this will be worse for you than all the calamity that has come upon you from your youth until now.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:7:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 19:7, so the Hebrew word זֹ֛את (zot) 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.19.7.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.7.W18.S1) and character.