2 Samuel 22:7:12 Sam.22.7.W1TAB
בַּצַּר־לִי֙
batstsarli
“in distress to me or in my distress”
- Transliteration
- bats-TSA-r-LI
- Extended
- bahts-TSAHR-LEE
- IPA
- /bat͡sːarˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in distress to me or in my distress
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
bats-TSA-r-LI
- clause
bats-TSA-r-LI e-ke-RA ye-ho-VAH ve-el-e-lo-HAI e-ke-RA
- sentence
bats-TSA-r-LI e-ke-RA ye-ho-VAH ve-el-e-lo-HAI e-ke-RA va-yish-MA me-he-kha-LO ko-LI ve-sha-va-TI be-oz-NAIV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional clause batsar-li {בַּצַּר־לִי֙ | baṣar-lî} ‘in my distress’, which sets the psalmist’s urgent condition.
Root and etymology
ṣ-r-rTsade–Resh–Resh
“distress, narrowness”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:7
In my distress I called to the LORD ; to my God I cried. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry reached His ears.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 22:7, so the Hebrew word בַּצַּר־לִי֙ (batstsarli) 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.22.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.7.W1.S1) and character.