Jeremiah 14:8:5Jer.14.8.W5TAB
צָרָ֑ה
tsara
“distress”
- Transliteration
- tsa-RA
- Extended
- tsaa-RAA
- IPA
- /tsaːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- distress
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
tsa-RA
- phraseyour reading level
be-ET tsa-RA
- clause
mik-VE yis-ra-EL mo-shi-O be-ET tsa-RA
- sentence
mik-VE yis-ra-EL mo-shi-O be-ET tsa-RA LA-ma tih-HE-ye ke-GER ba-A-rets u-khe-O-re-akh na-TA la-LUN
Exegesis
The phrase be’et tsarah {בְּעֵת צָרָה | bə-ʿēt ṣā-rāh} ‘in a time of trouble’ sets a temporal frame and heightens urgency.
Root and etymology
ṣ-r-hṣ-r-h
“distress, confinement”
In context — Jeremiah 14:8
Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble, why should You be like a stranger in the land, and like a traveler who turns aside to lodge?
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 14:8, so the Hebrew word צָרָ֑ה (tsara) 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.14.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.8.W5.S1) and character.