Isaiah 39:6:8Isa.39.6.W8TAB
אָצְר֧וּ
atsru
“they stored up”
- Transliteration
- ats-RU
- Extended
- aats-ROO
- IPA
- /ʔɔːtsˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they stored up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ats-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-SHER ats-RU a-vo-TE-kha
- clause
hi-NE ya-MIM ba-IM ve-nis-SA kal-a-SHER be-VE-te-kha va-a-SHER ats-RU a-vo-TE-kha ad-ha-YOM ha-ZE ba-VEL
- sentence
hi-NE ya-MIM ba-IM ve-nis-SA kal-a-SHER be-VE-te-kha va-a-SHER ats-RU a-vo-TE-kha ad-ha-YOM ha-ZE ba-VEL lo-yi-va-TER da-VAR a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Two parallel relative clauses, kol-asher beveitekha {כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בְּבֵיתֶךָ | ḳāl-ă-sher bə-bê-ṯe-kā} and va-asher atzru avotekha {וַאֲשֶׁר אָצְרוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ | wa-ă-sher ʼā-ṣə-rū ă-vō-tə-kā}, extend the scope to present possessions and ancestral reserves.
Root and etymology
ʾ-ṣ-rAleph–Tsade–Resh
“to store up”
In context — Isaiah 39:6
Behold, the days are coming when everything that is in your house and what your fathers have stored up to this day will be taken away to Babylon; nothing will remain, says the LORD .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 39:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 39:6, so the Hebrew word אָצְר֧וּ (atsru) 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.39.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.39.6.W8.S1) and character.