Hosea 14:7:3Hos.14.7.W3TABWLC Hosea 14:8
בְּצִלּ֔וֹ
betsilo
“in his shadow”
- Transliteration
- be-tsi-LO
- Extended
- beh-tsih-LLOH
- IPA
- /bətsilˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in his shadow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
be-tsi-LO
- phraseyour reading level
yo-she-VE be-tsi-LO
- sentence
ya-SHU-vu yo-she-VE be-tsi-LO ye-kha-YU da-GAN ve-yif-re-kha-VU ka-GE-fen zi-khe-RO ke-YEN le-va-NON
Exegesis
It is followed by the participle phrase yoshvei betzilo {יֹשְׁבֵ֣י בְּצִלּ֔וֹ | yōšəḇê bə-ṣillô}, which identifies “those dwelling in his shadow,” where the pronominal suffix refers to the singular subject of the preceding context (Israel in verse 6).
Root and etymology
consonantstsade–lamed–lamed
“shade, protection”
In context — Hosea 14:7
They will return; those who dwell in his shadow will revive like grain , and they will blossom like the vine; its remembrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
About this coordinate
Hosea 14:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Hosea 14:7, so the Hebrew word בְּצִלּ֔וֹ (betsilo) 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 Hos.14.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.7.W3.S1) and character.