Daniel 11:15:8Dan.11.15.W8TAB

מִבְצָר֑וֹת

mivtsarot

fortresses

Transliteration
miv-tsa-ROT
Extended
mihv-tsaa-ROHT
IPA
/miv.tsɑ.ˈroːt/

Meaning by language

English
fortresses

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִבְ + צָ + ר֑וֹת
miv + tsa + rot
mivtsarot

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    miv-tsa-ROT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    IR miv-tsa-ROT

  3. clause

    ve-ya-VO ME-lekh ha-tsa-FON ve-yish-POKH so-la-LA ve-la-KHAD IR miv-tsa-ROT

  4. sentence

    ve-ya-VO ME-lekh ha-tsa-FON ve-yish-POKH so-la-LA ve-la-KHAD IR miv-tsa-ROT u-ze-ROT ha-NE-gev LO ya-a-MO-du ve-AM miv-kha-RAIV ve-EN KO-akh la-a-MOD

Exegesis

The compound ir mivtsarot {עִיר מִבְצָרוֹת | ʿîr miḇ-ṣā-rōṯ} ‘fortified city’ links the city to its fortifications.

In contextDaniel 11:15

The king of the north will come, pour out a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city, and the forces of the south will not stand, and even its choicest troops will have no strength to stand.

About this coordinate

Daniel 11:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 11:15, so the Hebrew word מִבְצָר֑וֹת (mivtsarot) 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 Dan.11.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.11.15.W8.S1) and character.