Exodus 27:16:2Exod.27.16.W2TAB
הֶֽחָצֵ֜ר
hekhatser
“the court”
- Transliteration
- he-kha-TSER
- Extended
- heh-khah-TSEHR
- IPA
- /hɛ.ħaˈtseːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the court
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-kha-TSER
- phraseyour reading level
oo-le-SHA-ar he-kha-TSER
- clause
oo-le-SHA-ar he-kha-TSER ma-SAKH es-REEM am-MA te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at sha-NEE ve-SHESH mash-ZAR ma-a-SEH ro-KEM
- sentence
oo-le-SHA-ar he-kha-TSER ma-SAKH es-REEM am-MA te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at sha-NEE ve-SHESH mash-ZAR ma-a-SEH ro-KEM am-mu-de-HEM ar-ba-AH ve-ad-ne-HEM ar-ba-AH
Exegesis
The verse opens with ule-sha'ar {וּלְשַׁ֨עַר | u-lə-šaʿar} ‘and for the gate’, linking the instruction to the tabernacle’s entrance, followed by he-hatser {הֶֽחָצֵ֜ר | he-ḥā-ṣer} ‘the courtyard’ to define location.
Root and etymology
Roothet tsade resh
“to surround, enclose”
In context — Exodus 27:16
And for the gate of the courtyard there shall be a curtain twenty cubits long of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer , with its four pillars and four bases.
About this coordinate
Exodus 27:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 27:16, so the Hebrew word הֶֽחָצֵ֜ר (hekhatser) 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.27.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.27.16.W2.S1) and character.