Job 16:9:7Job.16.9.W7TAB
צָרִ֓י
tsari
“my adversary”
- Transliteration
- tsa-RI
- Extended
- tsaa-REE
- IPA
- /tsaːˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my adversary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-RI
- clause
tsa-RI yil-TOSH e-NAIV LI
- sentence
a-PO ta-RAF va-yis-te-ME-ni kha-RAK a-LAI be-shi-NAIV tsa-RI yil-TOSH e-NAIV LI
Exegesis
A shift in subject occurs with tsari {צָרִ֓י | ṣārî} ‘my adversary’, which re-identifies the attacker and sets up the closing action.
In context — Job 16:9
In his anger he tore me, and he hated me; he gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary sharpens his eyes at me.
About this coordinate
Job 16:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 16:9, so the Hebrew word צָרִ֓י (tsari) 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.16.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.9.W7.S1) and character.