2 Samuel 21:10:72 Sam.21.10.W7TAB
אֶל־הַצּוּר֙
elhatsur
“to the rock”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-TSUR
- Extended
- ehl-hah-TSOOR
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hatˈtsuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the rock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-TSUR
- phraseyour reading level
va-tat-TE-hu LA el-ha-TSUR
- 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
- 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
Exegesis
El-hatzur {אֶל־הַצּוּר | ʾel-ha-ṣūr} specifies the location of her watch.
In context — 2 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 21:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 21:10, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַצּוּר֙ (elhatsur) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.10.W7.S1) and character.