Exodus 17:6:5Exod.17.6.W5TAB
עַֽל־הַצּוּר֮
alhatsur
“on the rock”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-TSUR
- Extended
- ahl-hah-TSOOR
- IPA
- /ʕal.haˈtsuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the rock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
al-ha-TSUR
- phraseyour reading level
hin-NEE o-MED le-fa-NE-kha SHAM al-ha-TSUR
- clause
hin-NEE o-MED le-fa-NE-kha SHAM al-ha-TSUR be-kho-REV ve-hi-KEE-ta va-TSUR ve-yats-OO mi-MEN-nu MA-yim ve-sha-TA ha-AM
- sentence
hin-NEE o-MED le-fa-NE-kha SHAM al-ha-TSUR be-kho-REV ve-hi-KEE-ta va-TSUR ve-yats-OO mi-MEN-nu MA-yim ve-sha-TA ha-AM va-YA-as KEN mo-SHE le-ay-NEY zik-NEY yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The sequence al-hatsur bechorev {עַל־הַצּוּר בְּחֹרֵב | ʿal-haṣ-ṣûr bə-ḥō-rēv} ‘on the rock at Horeb’ establishes spatial context.
Root and etymology
ts-v-rtsade–vav–resh
“rock”
In context — Exodus 17:6
Behold, I stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; you are to strike the rock, and water will emerge from it for the people to drink. And Moses acted accordingly in the sight of the elders of Israel.
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 17:6, so the Hebrew word עַֽל־הַצּוּר֮ (alhatsur) 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 Exod.17.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.6.W5.S1) and character.