Genesis 18:25:10Gen.18.25.W10TAB

כַצַדִּ֖יק

khatsadik

as the righteous one

Transliteration
kha-tsa-DIK
Extended
khah-tsah-DEEK
IPA
/xa.tsad.ˈdiːq/

Meaning by language

English
as the righteous one

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כַ + צַ + דִּ֖יק
kha + tsa + dik
khatsadik

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qofq — deep k, uvular

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Word in context

  1. word

    kha-tsa-DIK

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ha-YA kha-tsa-DIK

  3. clause

    kha-LI-la le-KHA me-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-ha-MIT tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA ve-ha-YA kha-tsa-DIK ka-ra-SHA

  4. sentence

    kha-LI-la le-KHA me-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-ha-MIT tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA ve-ha-YA kha-tsa-DIK ka-ra-SHA kha-LI-la LAKH ha-sho-FET kol-ha-A-rets LO ya-a-SE mi-she-PAT

Exegesis

A vav result clause vehayah katsaddiq karashaʿ {וְהָיָ֥ה כַצַדִּ֖יק כָּרָשָׁ֑ע | wə-hā-yāh ka-ṣad-dîq kā-rā-šāʿ} “and it will be that the righteous are like the wicked” underscores the injustice.

Root and etymology

ts-d-qtsade–dalet–qof

to be just or righteous

In contextGenesis 18:25

Far be it from You to do this—to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous would be treated like the wicked. Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of all the earth not do justice ?

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:25:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 18:25, so the Hebrew word כַצַדִּ֖יק (khatsadik) 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.18.25.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.25.W10.S1) and character.