זָרִ֥ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 זָרִ֥ים

   za-RIM

   foreign or strange
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 זָרִ֥ים קָרִ֖ים

   za-RIM ka-RIM

   foreign or strange cold
3. clause🔊 אִם־יִנָּתְשׁ֗וּ מַ֛יִם זָרִ֥ים קָרִ֖ים נוֹזְלִֽים׃

   im-yin-NA-te-SHU MA-yim za-RIM ka-RIM no-ze-LIM

   or are they plucked up or uprooted waters foreign or strange cold flowing or running
4. sentence🔊 הֲיַעֲזֹ֥ב מִצּ֛וּר שָׂדַ֖י שֶׁ֣לֶג לְבָנ֑וֹן אִם־יִנָּתְשׁ֗וּ מַ֛יִם זָרִ֥ים קָרִ֖ים נוֹזְלִֽים׃

   ha-ya-a-ZOV mits-TSUR sa-DAI SHE-leg le-va-NON im-yin-NA-te-SHU MA-yim za-RIM ka-RIM no-ze-LIM

   does he leave or does it leave from the rock of the field or open country snow Lebanon or are they plucked up or uprooted waters foreign or strange cold flowing or running

Exegesis

The construct chain mitsur saday {מִצּ֛וּר שָׂדַי | miṣ-ṣūr śā-ḏay} ‘rock of the field’ conveys permanence, while the sequence mayim zarim karim nozlim {מַ֛יִם זָרִ֥ים קָרִ֖ים נוֹזְלִֽים | ma-yim zārîm qārîm nōz-lîm} forms a chiastic parallel emphasizing ongoing motion. The Nifal imperfect expresses passive expectation, and the Qal participle nozlim highlights continuous action. The English renditions preserve both interrogation and parallelism to heighten rhetorical effect.