Exodus 22:6:4Exod.22.6.W4TABWLC Exodus 22:5

קֹצִים֙

kotsim

thorns

Transliteration
ko-TSIM
Extended
koh-TSEEM
IPA
/qoːˈtsiːm/

Meaning by language

English
thorns

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Result
קֹ + צִים֙
ko + tsim
kotsim

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ko-TSIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    oo-ma-tse-A ko-TSIM

  3. clause

    ki-te-TSE ESH oo-ma-tse-A ko-TSIM ve-ne-e-KHAL ga-DISH OH ha-ka-MA OH ha-sa-DE

  4. sentence

    ki-te-TSE ESH oo-ma-tse-A ko-TSIM ve-ne-e-KHAL ga-DISH OH ha-ka-MA OH ha-sa-DE sha-LEM ye-sha-LEM ha-mav-IR et-ha-be-e-RA

Exegesis

It continues with matsaah {מָצְאָה | maṣəʼāh} ‘finds’ and neʼekhal {נֶאֱכַל | nē’ēḵal} ‘is consumed’, listing kotsim {קֹצִים | qōṣîm} ‘thorns’, gadish {גָּדִישׁ | gāḏîš} ‘heap’, haqamāh {הַקָּמָה | ha-qāmāh} ‘standing grain’, and hasadeh {הַשָּׂדֶה | ha-sādeh} ‘field’, linked by the disjunctive o {אוֹ | ’ō} ‘or’ to enumerate the objects at risk.

In contextExodus 22:6

If a fire goes out and finds thorns, and a heap or the standing grain or the field is consumed, the one who kindled the burning must make complete restitution.

About this coordinate

Exodus 22:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 22:6, so the Hebrew word קֹצִים֙ (kotsim) 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.22.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.6.W4.S1) and character.