Jeremiah 21:13:5Jer.21.13.W5TAB
צ֥וּר
tsur
“rock”
- Transliteration
- TSUR
- Extended
- TSOOR
- IPA
- /ˈtsuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- rock
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TSUR
- phraseyour reading level
TSUR ham-mi-SHOR
- clause
hin-NE e-LA-yikh yo-SHE-vet ha-E-mek TSUR ham-mi-SHOR ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
hin-NE e-LA-yikh yo-SHE-vet ha-E-mek TSUR ham-mi-SHOR ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH ha-o-me-RIM mi-ye-KHAT a-LE-nu u-MI ya-VO bim-a-vo-no-TE-nu
Exegesis
Yoshevet {יֹשֶׁבֶת | yō-še-veṯ} ‘inhabitant’ personifies the addressee, with the paired spatial markers ha-ʿemeq {הָעֵמֶק | hā-ʿē-meq} ‘the valley’ and tsur ha-mishor {צוּר הַמִּישֹׁר | ṣûr ham-mi-šōr} ‘rock of the plain’ functioning as metaphors of perceived security.
Root and etymology
ṣ-w-rtsade–vav–resh
“rock, cliff”
In context — Jeremiah 21:13
Behold, I am against you, inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain—declares the LORD —you who say, “Who will descend against us, and who will enter our dwellings ?”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 21:13, so the Hebrew word צ֥וּר (tsur) 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.21.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.13.W5.S1) and character.