Isaiah 23:1:2Isa.23.1.W2TAB
צֹ֑ר
tsor
“Tyre”
- Transliteration
- TSOR
- Extended
- TSOHR
- IPA
- /ˈtsoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Tyre
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TSOR
- clause
ma-SA TSOR
- 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 context — Isaiah 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.