Genesis 14:8:11Gen.14.8.W11TAB
הִוא־צֹ֑עַר
hitsoar
“which is Zoar”
- Transliteration
- hi-TSO-ar
- Extended
- hee-TSOH-ahr
- IPA
- /hiː.ˈtsoː.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- which is Zoar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
hi-TSO-ar
- clause
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM u-ME-lekh a-mo-RA u-ME-lekh a-de-MA u-ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh BE-la hi-TSO-ar
- sentence
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM u-ME-lekh a-mo-RA u-ME-lekh a-de-MA u-ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh BE-la hi-TSO-ar va-ya-ar-KHU i-TAM mil-kha-MA be-E-mek ha-si-DIM
Exegesis
The pronoun hi {הִוא | hîʾ} with Tsoar {צֹעַר | ṣō-ʿar} forms an appositional clarification “it is Zoar,” identifying Bela with a secondary name; this aside is embedded parenthetically within the subject chain.
Root and etymology
ṣ-ʿ-r
“to be small, insignificant”
In context — Genesis 14:8
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up for battle with them in the Valley of Siddim.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 14:8, so the Hebrew word הִוא־צֹ֑עַר (hitsoar) 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.14.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.8.W11.S1) and character.