Isaiah 21:3:7Isa.21.3.W7TAB
כְּצִירֵ֖י
ketsire
“like the pangs of”
- Transliteration
- ke-tsi-RE
- Extended
- keh-tseh-REE
- IPA
- /kətsiːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the pangs of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ke-tsi-RE
- clause
al-KEHN ma-le-U ma-te-NAI khal-kha-LA tsi-ri-IM a-kha-ZU-ni ke-tsi-RE yo-LE-da
- sentence
al-KEHN ma-le-U ma-te-NAI khal-kha-LA tsi-ri-IM a-kha-ZU-ni ke-tsi-RE yo-LE-da na-e-VE-ti mish-she-MO-a niv-ha-AL-ti me-re-OT
Exegesis
The perfect ’ăḥāzûnî {אֲחָזוּנִי | ’ăḥāzûnî} ‘they have seized me’ is expanded by the simile kə-ṣîrêy yôlêḏāh {כְּצִירֵי יֽוֹלֵדָה | kə-ṣîrêy yôlêḏāh} ‘like the pangs of a woman in labor’.
In context — Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me like the pangs of a woman in labor. I was bent over so that I could scarcely hear , and I was dismayed so that I could scarcely see .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 21:3, so the Hebrew word כְּצִירֵ֖י (ketsire) 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.21.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.3.W7.S1) and character.