2 Samuel 22:32:62 Sam.22.32.W6TAB
צ֖וּר
tsur
“a rock”
- Transliteration
- TSUR
- Extended
- TSOOR
- IPA
- /ˈtsuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a rock
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
TSUR
- phraseyour reading level
u-MI TSUR
- clause
u-MI TSUR mi-bal-a-DE e-lo-HE-nu
- sentence
KI MI-EL mi-bal-a-DE ye-ho-VAH u-MI TSUR mi-bal-a-DE e-lo-HE-nu
Exegesis
A chiastic parallelism links the divine titles el {אֵל | ʾēl} ‘God’ and tsur {צוּר | ṣūr} ‘rock’, each governed by mi-ba‘aldei {מִבַּלְעֲדֵי | mib-ba-‘ă-ḏêy} ‘apart from, excluding’ to underscore the exclusivity of the LORD YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} and our God elohenu {אֱלֹהֵינוּ | ʾĕ-lō-hêy-nû}.
Root and etymology
ṣ-w-rtsade–vav–resh
“rock, stronghold”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:32
For who is God except the LORD ? And who is a rock except our God ?
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:32:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 22:32, so the Hebrew word צ֖וּר (tsur) 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.22.32.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.32.W6.S1) and character.