Isaiah 23:3:5Isa.23.3.W5TAB

קְצִ֥יר

ketsir

harvest

Transliteration
ke-TSIR
Extended
keh-TSIHR
IPA
/qəˈtsiːr/

Meaning by language

English
harvest

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Result
קְ + צִ֥יר
ke + tsir
ketsir

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-TSIR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ke-TSIR ye-OR

  3. clause

    u-ve-MA-yim ra-BIM ZE-ra shi-KHOR ke-TSIR ye-OR te-vu-a-TAH

  4. sentence

    u-ve-MA-yim ra-BIM ZE-ra shi-KHOR ke-TSIR ye-OR te-vu-a-TAH va-te-HI se-KHAR go-YIM

Exegesis

Zera shichor {זֶרַע שִׁחֹר | ze-raʿ shi-ḥor} and ketzir yeor {קְצִיר יְאוֹר | ke-ṣir ye-ʾôr} form parallel noun constructs denoting principal exports.

In contextIsaiah 23:3

And by great waters, the seed of Shichor , the harvest of the Nile , was her revenue; and she became the marketplace of nations.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 23:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 23:3, so the Hebrew word קְצִ֥יר (ketsir) 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.23.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.23.3.W5.S1) and character.