Isaiah 13:8:2Isa.13.8.W2TAB
צִירִ֤ים
tsirim
“pangs”
- Transliteration
- tsi-RIM
- Extended
- tsih-REEM
- IPA
- /tsiˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- pangs
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsi-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
tsi-RIM va-kha-va-LIM
- clause
ve-niv-ha-LU tsi-RIM va-kha-va-LIM yo-a-KHE-zun ka-yo-LE-da ye-khi-LUN
- sentence
ve-niv-ha-LU tsi-RIM va-kha-va-LIM yo-a-KHE-zun ka-yo-LE-da ye-khi-LUN ISH el-re-E-hu yit-ma-HU pe-NE le-ha-VIM pe-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The coordinated subjects tzirim {צִירִ֤ים | ṣî-rîm} ‘birth-pangs’ and vachavalim {וַֽחֲבָלִים֙ | va-ḥa-vā-lîm} ‘sorrows’ (joined by vav) establish cumulative distress, and yoachezun {יֹֽאחֵז֔וּן | yō-ḥē-zûn} as a Qal imperfect conveys the active action of seizing.
Root and etymology
“to bind, be in labor”
In context — Isaiah 13:8
And they will be dismayed; birth-pangs and sorrows will seize them. Like a woman in childbirth, they will writhe; each man will be appalled at his companion, their faces like flames .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 13:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 13:8, so the Hebrew word צִירִ֤ים (tsirim) 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 Isa.13.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.8.W2.S1) and character.