Genesis 14:2:18Gen.14.2.W18TAB
צֹֽעַר׃
tsoar
“Zoar”
- Transliteration
- tso-AR
- Extended
- tsoh-AHR
- IPA
- /tsoː.ˈʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- Zoar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tso-AR
- phraseyour reading level
HI tso-AR
- clause
shin-AV ME-lekh ad-MA ve-shem-E-ver ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh be-LA HI tso-AR
- sentence
a-SU mil-kha-MA et-be-RA ME-lekh se-DOM ve-et-bir-SHA ME-lekh a-mo-RA shin-AV ME-lekh ad-MA ve-shem-E-ver ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh be-LA HI tso-AR
Exegesis
The final segment umelech bela hi-tsoar {וּמֶלֶךְ בֶּלַע הִיא־צֹעַר | û-me-leḵ be-laʿ hîʾ-ṣō-ʿar} uses the independent pronoun hi {הִיא | hîʾ} in an equative construction “it is Zoar,” clarifying that Bela is the earlier designation for the later-known Zoar. In English, the idiomatic verb–object “made war” is preserved in formal style but rendered more naturally as “went to war” in dynamic style, and the Hebrew appositional clarification with hi is expressed with “that is” or “which is” to make the identification of Bela with Zoar explicit while retaining the ordered listing of kings and their cities.
Root and etymology
ṣ-ʿ-r
“to be small, insignificant”
In context — Genesis 14:2
They made war against Bera king of Sodom, against Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, that is Zoar .
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:2:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Genesis 14:2, so the Hebrew word צֹֽעַר׃ (tsoar) 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 Gen.14.2.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.2.W18.S1) and character.