Exodus 2:13:7Exod.2.13.W7TAB
נִצִּ֑ים
nittsim
“fighting”
- Transliteration
- nit-TSIM
- Extended
- niht-TSEEM
- IPA
- /nit.ˈtsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- fighting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nit-TSIM
- clause
va-ye-TSE ba-YOM ha-she-NI ve-hin-NEH she-nei-a-na-SHIM iv-RIM nit-TSIM
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ba-YOM ha-she-NI ve-hin-NEH she-nei-a-na-SHIM iv-RIM nit-TSIM va-YO-mer la-ra-SHA la-MA ta-KEH re-E-kha
Exegesis
The participle nitsim {נִצִּ֑ים | nîṣîm} ‘fighting’ conveys ongoing conflict.
In context — Exodus 2:13
He went out on the second day, and behold, two Hebrew men were fighting. He said to the wicked one, “Why do you strike your companion ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 2:13, so the Hebrew word נִצִּ֑ים (nittsim) 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.2.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.13.W7.S1) and character.