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
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-tsa-DIK
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA kha-tsa-DIK
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.