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

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Result
וְ֝ + צ֗וּר
ve + tsur
vetsur

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-TSUR

  2. clause

    ve-TSUR ye-TAK mim-me-ko-MO

  3. 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 contextJob 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.