Isaiah 17:10:5Isa.17.10.W5TAB

וְצ֥וּר

vetsur

and rock of

Transliteration
ve-TSUR
Extended
veh-TSOOR
IPA
/vəˈtsuːr/

Meaning by language

English
and rock of

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Result
וְ + צ֥וּר
ve + tsur
vetsur

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-TSUR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-TSUR ma-u-ZEKh

  3. clause

    KI sha-KHAKH-at e-lo-HE yish-EKH ve-TSUR ma-u-ZEKh LO za-KHARKH-at

  4. sentence

    KI sha-KHAKH-at e-lo-HE yish-EKH ve-TSUR ma-u-ZEKh LO za-KHARKH-at al-KEN tit-E-I nit-E na-a-ma-NIM u-ze-MO-rat ZAR tiz-ra-E-NO

Exegesis

The construct chains Elohei yishʿekh {אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׁעֵךְ | ʾĕlōhê yišʿēḵ} ‘God of your salvation’ and tzur maʿuzzekh {צור מָעֻזֵּךְ | ṣūr māʿûzēḵ} ‘Rock of your refuge’ depict dual divine roles.

Root and etymology

RootTsade, Vav, Resh

rock, refuge

In contextIsaiah 17:10

Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge, therefore you plant pleasing growths and sow a foreign shoot.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 17:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 17:10, so the Hebrew word וְצ֥וּר (vetsur) 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.17.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.10.W5.S1) and character.