Isaiah 23:1:2Isa.23.1.W2TAB

צֹ֑ר

tsor

Tyre

Transliteration
TSOR
Extended
TSOHR
IPA
/ˈtsoːr/

Meaning by language

English
Tyre

Alphabet Analysis

Tsadets as in cats
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    TSOR

  2. clause

    ma-SA TSOR

  3. sentence

    ma-SA TSOR he-i-LI-lu o-ni-YOT tar-SHIsh ki-shu-DAD mi-ba-YIT mi-BO me-E-rets ki-ti-TIM nig-LA-la-MO

Exegesis

The verse opens with the prophetic formula massa {מַשָּׂא | mā-sāʾ} ‘burden’, immediately specifying tsor {צֹר | ṣôr} ‘Tyre’ as the target.

Root and etymology

consonantstsade–vav–resh

rock, rocky height

In contextIsaiah 23:1

The oracle concerning Tyre : Wail, ships of Tarshish, for it has been devastated—no house, no entrance. From the land of Kittim it has been revealed to them.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 23:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 23:1, so the Hebrew word צֹ֑ר (tsor) 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.23.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.23.1.W2.S1) and character.