Job 20:1:2Job.20.1.W2TAB
צֹפַ֥ר
tsofar
“Zophar”
- Transliteration
- tso-FAR
- Extended
- tsoh-FAHR
- IPA
- /tsoːˈfar/
Meaning by language
- English
- Zophar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tso-FAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AN tso-FAR han-na-a-ma-TI
- sentence
va-ya-AN tso-FAR han-na-a-ma-TI va-yo-MAR
Exegesis
The verse uses a common dialogue-introduction sequence: vayaan {וַ֭יַּעַן | wayyaʿan} ‘and he answered’ followed by the speaker identification tsophar {צֹפַ֥ר | ṣōp̄ar} plus the gentilic descriptor hannaămati {הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗י | han-naʿămāṯî}.
Root and etymology
consonantstsade–peh–resh
“to chirp”
In context — Job 20:1
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
About this coordinate
Job 20:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 20:1, so the Hebrew word צֹפַ֥ר (tsofar) 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.20.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.1.W2.S1) and character.