Jeremiah 15:21:6Jer.15.21.W6TAB

עָרִצִֽים׃

atsim

ruthless ones

Transliteration
a-TSIM
Extended
aa-TSIHM
IPA
/ʕaːritsiˈm/

Meaning by language

English
ruthless ones

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-TSIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mik-KAF a-TSIM

  3. clause

    u-fe-DI-ti-KHA mik-KAF a-TSIM

  4. sentence

    ve-hit-TSAL-ti-KHA mi-YAD ra-IM u-fe-DI-ti-KHA mik-KAF a-TSIM

Exegesis

The adjectives ra'im {רָעִ֑ים | rā-ʿîm} ‘wicked’ and aritzim {עָרִצִֽים | ʿā-ri-ṣîm} ‘ruthless’ specify moral and violent threats. Hebrew word order places the verb plus pronoun at the beginning of each clause for emphasis, mirrored in English by balanced constructions.

In contextJeremiah 15:21

And I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked , and I will redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 15:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Jeremiah 15:21, so the Hebrew word עָרִצִֽים׃ (atsim) 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.15.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.21.W6.S1) and character.