Genesis 18:26:6Gen.18.26.W6TAB
צַדִּיקִ֖ם
tsadikim
“righteous ones”
- Transliteration
- tsa-di-KIM
- Extended
- tsah-dee-KIHM
- IPA
- /tsad.diː.ˈqim/
Meaning by language
- English
- righteous ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-di-KIM
- phraseyour reading level
kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH im-em-TSA vis-DOM kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH im-em-TSA vis-DOM kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR ve-na-SA-ti le-khol-ha-ma-KOM ba-a-vu-RAM
Exegesis
The quantified noun phrase khamishim tsaddikim {חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים צַדִּיקִ֖ם | ḥă-miš-šîm ṣad-dî-qîm} functions as the object of that search.
Root and etymology
ṣ-d-qtsade–dalet–qof
“to be just, righteous”
In context — Genesis 18:26
And the LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous in Sodom, within the city itself, then I will spare the entire place for their sake.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 18:26, so the Hebrew word צַדִּיקִ֖ם (tsadikim) 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.18.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.26.W6.S1) and character.