Job 14:18:4Job.14.18.W4TAB
וְ֝צ֗וּר
vetsur
“and a rock”
- Transliteration
- ve-TSUR
- Extended
- veh-TSOOR
- IPA
- /wəˈtsuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a rock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-TSUR
- clause
ve-TSUR ye-TAK mim-me-ko-MO
- sentence
ve-u-LAM har-no-FEL yib-BOL ve-TSUR ye-TAK mim-me-ko-MO
Exegesis
The vav clause wə-ṣūr yeʿtāq {וְ֝צ֗וּר יֶעְתַּ֥ק | wə-ṣūr yeʿtāq} intensifies the image by adding a second example of disintegration and displacement.
Root and etymology
RootTsade-Vav-Resh
“rock, cliff”
In context — Job 14:18
But a falling mountain crumbles away , and a rock will be removed from its place.
About this coordinate
Job 14:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 14:18, so the Hebrew word וְ֝צ֗וּר (vetsur) 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 Job.14.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.18.W4.S1) and character.