Job 14:2:1Job.14.2.W1TAB
כְּצִ֣יץ
ketsits
“like a flower”
- Transliteration
- ke-TSITS
- Extended
- keh-TSEETS
- IPA
- /kəˈtsiːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a flower
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-TSITS
- clause
ke-TSITS ya-TSA va-yim-MAL
- sentence
ke-TSITS ya-TSA va-yim-MAL va-yiv-RAKH ka-TSEL ve-LO ya-a-MOD
Exegesis
The verse is a compact poetic line built around two similes introduced by the comparative kaf: ke-tsits {כְּצִ֣יץ | kə-ṣîṣ} ‘like a flower’ and ka-tsel {כַ֝צֵּ֗ל | kaṣ-ṣēl} ‘like a shadow’.
Root and etymology
consonantsTsade–Vav–Tsade
“to blossom, to sprout”
In context — Job 14:2
Like a flower he comes out and withers, and he flees like a shadow and does not endure.
About this coordinate
Job 14:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 14:2, so the Hebrew word כְּצִ֣יץ (ketsits) 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.14.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.2.W1.S1) and character.