Deuteronomy 16:8:7Deut.16.8.W7TAB
עֲצֶ֙רֶת֙
atseret
“assembly”
- Transliteration
- a-TSE-ret
- Extended
- ah-TSEH-ret
- IPA
- /ʕaˈt͡sɛrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- assembly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-TSE-ret
- clause
u-va-YOM hash-vi-I a-TSE-ret la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LO ta-a-SE me-la-KHA
- sentence
SHE-shet ya-MIM to-a-KHAL mat-TSOT u-va-YOM hash-vi-I a-TSE-ret la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LO ta-a-SE me-la-KHA
Exegesis
The conjunction u- {וּ־ | ŭ} ‘and’ merges with bayom {בַּיּוֹם | ba-yôm} ‘on the day’, and ha-shviʾi {הַשְּׁבִיעִי | ha-šə-vi-ʿî} ‘the seventh’ introduces ʿaṣeret {עֲצֶרֶת | ʿă-ṣê-ret} ‘assembly’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-ṣ-rayin-ṣade-resh
“to hold back; assemble”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:8
For six days you shall eat unleavened breads, and on the seventh day there shall be an assembly to the LORD your God ; you shall not do any work .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 16:8, so the Hebrew word עֲצֶ֙רֶת֙ (atseret) 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 Deut.16.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.8.W7.S1) and character.