Job 19:24:4Job.19.24.W4TAB
בַּצּ֥וּר
batsur
“in the rock”
- Transliteration
- ba-TSUR
- Extended
- bah-TSOOR
- IPA
- /batˈtsuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the rock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ba-TSUR
- phraseyour reading level
ba-TSUR ye-KHATS-ve-VUN
- clause
la-AD ba-TSUR ye-KHATS-ve-VUN
- sentence
be-ET-bar-ZEL ve-O-fa-RET la-AD ba-TSUR ye-KHATS-ve-VUN
Exegesis
The verse opens with a climactic series of fronted prepositions be'et-barzel {בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶ֥ל | bə-ʿēṭ-bar-zel} ‘with an iron stylus’ and ve'ofret {וְעֹפָ֑רֶת | wə-ʿōp̄eṯ} ‘and lead’, followed by the adverbial la'ad {לָ֝עַ֗ד | lā-ʿaḏ} ‘forever’ and the locative batsur {בַּצּ֥וּר | baṣ-ṣûr} ‘in the rock’.
Root and etymology
RootTsade–Vav–Resh
“rock”
In context — Job 19:24
With an iron stylus and lead, let them be cut into the rock forever!
About this coordinate
Job 19:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 19:24, so the Hebrew word בַּצּ֥וּר (batsur) 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.19.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.24.W4.S1) and character.