2 Samuel 21:10:22 Sam.21.10.W2TAB

רִצְפָּה֩

ritspa

Rizpah

Transliteration
rits-pa
Extended
rihts-pah
IPA
/riˈtspɔː/

Meaning by language

English
Rizpah

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
רִצְ + פָּה֩
rits + pa
ritspa

Alphabet Analysis

Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tsadets as in cats
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    rits-pa

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-tik-KAKH rits-pa bat-a-YA et-ha-SAK

  3. clause

    va-tik-KAKH rits-pa bat-a-YA et-ha-SAK va-tat-TE-hu LA el-ha-TSUR mit-te-KHI-lat ka-TSIR AD nit-TAKH-MA-yim a-le-HEM min-ha-sha-MA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-tik-KAKH rits-pa bat-a-YA et-ha-SAK va-tat-TE-hu LA el-ha-TSUR mit-te-KHI-lat ka-TSIR AD nit-TAKH-MA-yim a-le-HEM min-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-LO-na-te-NA OF ha-sha-MA-yim la-NU-akh a-le-HEM yo-MAM ve-et-kha-YAT ha-sa-DE LAI-la

Root and etymology

ר־צ־פ

pavement

In context2 Samuel 21:10

And Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock, from the beginning of the harvest until water was poured down from the heavens upon them. She did not allow the birds of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 21:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 21:10, so the Hebrew word רִצְפָּה֩ (ritspa) 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.21.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.10.W2.S1) and character.