Jeremiah 13:1:7Jer.13.1.W7TAB
אֵז֣וֹר
ezor
“a waistband”
- Transliteration
- e-ZOR
- Extended
- ee-ZOHR
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈzoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a waistband
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-ZOR
- phraseyour reading level
e-ZOR pish-te-TIM
- clause
ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI ha-LOKH ve-ka-NI-ta le-KHA e-ZOR pish-te-TIM ve-sam-TO al-ma-te-NE-kha
- sentence
ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI ha-LOKH ve-ka-NI-ta le-KHA e-ZOR pish-te-TIM ve-sam-TO al-ma-te-NE-kha u-va-ma-YIM LO te-vi-E-hu
Exegesis
The noun ezor {אֵזוֹר | ʾê-zôr} ‘belt’ is modified by pishtim {פִּשְׁתִּים | piš-tîm} ‘linen’.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–zayin–resh
“to gird”
In context — Jeremiah 13:1
Thus says the LORD to me: "Go and buy for yourself a linen belt and place it upon your loins , but do not bring it into water."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 13:1, so the Hebrew word אֵז֣וֹר (ezor) 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 Jer.13.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.1.W7.S1) and character.