Job 20:19:1Job.20.19.W1TAB
כִּֽי־רִ֭צַּץ
kiritstsats
“for he crushed”
- Transliteration
- ki-RITS-tsats
- Extended
- KEE-RIHTS-tsats
- IPA
- /kiːˈrit͡s.t͡sats/
Meaning by language
- English
- for he crushed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-RITS-tsats
- clause
ki-RITS-tsats a-ZAV da-LIM
- sentence
ki-RITS-tsats a-ZAV da-LIM BA-yit ga-ZAL ve-LO yi-ve-NE-hu
Exegesis
The verse opens with ki-ritsats {כִּֽי־רִ֭צַּץ | kî-riṣṣaṣ} ‘for/because he crushed’, where the causal conjunction frames the line as a reason for the surrounding judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–tsade–tsade
“to crush, smash”
In context — Job 20:19
For he crushed and abandoned the poor ; a house he seized , yet he will not build it.
About this coordinate
Job 20:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 20:19, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־רִ֭צַּץ (kiritstsats) 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.20.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.19.W1.S1) and character.