Isaiah 22:10:4Isa.22.10.W4TAB
וַתִּתְֿצוּ֙
vatittsu
“and you broke down”
- Transliteration
- va-tit-TSU
- Extended
- vah-tih t-TSOO
- IPA
- /vat.tiθˈtsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you broke down
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tit-TSU
- clause
va-tit-TSU ha-ba-TIM le-va-TSER ha-kho-MA
- sentence
ve-ET-ba-TE ye-ru-sha-LIM se-far-TEM va-tit-TSU ha-ba-TIM le-va-TSER ha-kho-MA
Exegesis
The first verb sefaratem {סְפַרְתֶּ֑ם | sə-par-tem} ‘you counted’ presents a completed action, and the following wayyiqtol vatittsu {וַתִּתְֿצוּ֙ | wat-tit-ṣû} ‘and you pulled down’ continues the sequence with a second action against habbatim {הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים | hab-bā-tîm} ‘the houses’.
In context — Isaiah 22:10
And you tallied the houses of Jerusalem, and you pulled down the houses to fortify the wall .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 22:10, so the Hebrew word וַתִּתְֿצוּ֙ (vatittsu) 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.22.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.10.W4.S1) and character.